The Internal Revenue Service recently released Revenue Procedure 2013-13 that provides a new safe harbor for home office deductions. This has the potential to make your calculations streamlined where it is difficult to determine a fair value deduction. Generally speaking, Section 280A disallows any deduction for personal expenses associated with the taxpayer’s residence unless a […]
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Selling Your Home Office
By John Hamrick on November 2, 2011 in Section 1031 Basics
This is an area that many people disregard only to be rudely awakened at tax time, well after their transaction is old and cold. Prior home office deductions including depreciation can return to create a tax obligation unless the business portion of the property is handled as a Section 1031 Exchange. Operating a home office […]