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1040).Use a separate Form 8829 foreach home you used  \u003Cbr>for business during the year.  \u003Cbr>Go to www.irs.gov/Form8829 for instructions and the latest information.   |  | OMB No.1545-0074   |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  | 2025  \u003Cbr>Attachment  \u003Cbr>Sequence No.176   |\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.Al  \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>l 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   |  |  |  |\n\n# Part I 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   \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 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