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\nhome you used for business during the year.  \nDepartment of the Treasury  \n\n| nternal Revenue Service (99)   | ▶Go to www.irs.gov/Form8829 for instructions and the latest information.   |  | Sequence No.176   |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Name(s)of proprietor(s)   |  | Your social security number   |  |\n\n# PartI\n\nPart of Your Home Used for Business  \n\n| 1 Area used regularly and exclusively for business,regularly for daycare,or  \u003Cbr>or product samples (see instructions)  ......  \u003Cbr>2 Total area of home...........  \u003Cbr>3 Divide line 1 by line 2.Enter the result as a percentage.  \u003Cbr>For daycare facilities not used exclusively for business,go to line 4.A  \u003Cbr>4 Multiply days used for daycare during year by hours used per day..  \u003Cbr>5 If you started or stopped using your home for daycare during the year,  \u003Cbr>see instructions;otherwise,enter 8,760...........  \u003Cbr>6 Divide line 4 by line 5.Enter the result as a decimal amount .  \u003Cbr>7 Business percentage.For daycare facilities not used exclusively for bus  \u003Cbr>line 3(enter the result as a percentage).All others,enter the amount from    |  for s  \u003Cbr>ll oth  \u003Cbr>4   | torage of inventory  \u003Cbr>ers,go to line 7.  \u003Cbr>hr.   | 1   |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  | 2   |  |\n|  |  |  | 3   | %   |\n|  |  |  | 7   | %   |\n|  | 5   | hr.   |  |  |\n|  | 6   |  |  |  |\n|  | iness,multiply line 6 by  \u003Cbr>line 3  \u003Cbr>.....▶   |  |  |  |\n\n# Part II Figure Your Allowable Deduction\n\n\n| 8 Enter the amount from Schedule C,line 29,plus any g  \u003Cbr>minus any loss from the trade or business not derived fro  \u003Cbr>See instructions for columns (a)and (b)before completing lines 9  \u003Cbr>9 Casualty losses(see instructions)......  \u003Cbr>10 Deductible mortgage interest(see instructions).  \u003Cbr>11 Real estate taxes (see instructions).....  \u003Cbr>12 Add lines 9,10,and 11 .....  ....  \u003Cbr>13 Multiply line 12,column(b),by line 7.....  \u003Cbr>14 Add line 12,column (a),and line 13 .....  \u003Cbr>15 Subtract line 14 from line 8.If zero or less,enter-0-  \u003Cbr>16 Excess mortgage interest (see instructions)  \u003Cbr>17 Excess real estate taxes (see instructions)...  \u003Cbr>18 Insurance...........  \u003Cbr>19 Rent  ..  ..  ..  .  .  .  .  .  .  \u003Cbr>20 Repairs and maintenance...  \u003Cbr>21 Utilities .  ..  .  .  .  \u003Cbr>22 Other expenses(see instructions).  \u003Cbr>23 Add lines 16 through 22 ....  \u003Cbr>24 Multiply line 23,column (b),by line 7 ..  \u003Cbr>25 Carryover of prior year operating expenses(see inst  \u003Cbr>26 Add line 23,column (a),line 24,and line 25...  \u003Cbr>27 Allowable operating expenses.Enter the smaller of l  \u003Cbr>28 Limit on excess casualty losses and depreciation.S  \u003Cbr>29 Excess casualty losses (see instructions)  ...  \u003Cbr>30 Depreciation of your home from line 42 below ..  \u003Cbr>31 Carryover of prior year excess casualty losses and depreci  \u003Cbr>32 Add lines 29 through 31 .........  \u003Cbr>33 Allowable excess casualty losses and depreciation.  \u003Cbr>34 Add lines 14,27,and 33 .........  \u003Cbr>.  \u003Cbr>35 Casualty loss portion,if any,from lines 14 and 33.C  \u003Cbr>36 Allowable expenses for business use of your ho  \u003Cbr>and on Schedule C,line 30.If your home was used for more than one bus   | ain de  \u003Cbr>m the  \u003Cbr>-22.   | rived from the business use of your home,  \u003Cbr> business use of your home (see instructions)   |  |  | 8   |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  | (a)Direct expenses   |  | (b)ndirect expenses   |  |  |\n|  | 9   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 10   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 11   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 12   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  | 13   |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  | 14   |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  | 15   |  |\n|  | 16   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 17   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 18   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 19   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 20   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 21   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 22   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 23   |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | ructions)....  \u003Cbr>......  \u003Cbr>ine 15 or line 26 .  \u003Cbr>ubtract line 27 from lin  \u003Cbr>","cbCaidPmPY0jgQOh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidPmPY0jgQOh","pdf",76751,"English","# Part I\n## Part II Figure Your Allowable Deduction\n# Part III Depreciation of Your Home\n# Part IV Carryover of Unallowed Expenses to 2020","[{\"question\":\"How do you calculate the business percentage for using your home for business?\",\"answer\":\"Compute area used regularly and exclusively (or apply the daycare rules), divide by total home area to get a percentage, then adjust using days and hours for daycare when applicable.\"},{\"question\":\"What figures are used to determine the allowable deduction?\",\"answer\":\"The form starts with the amount from Schedule C, adds and subtracts specified items such as casualty losses, mortgage interest, real estate taxes, and then applies business percentage 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