经过各种考虑, 决定不做home office deduction了.

但deduct 各种business related expense, like furnitures, computer, software, books, magazines, business meal, office supplies, etc.

I think this will make things easier and not get audited.

Since even if I deduct homeoffice, the amount is very small. I have a 920 SQF apartment and none of my bedrooms are more than 200 SQF. So, even if I deduct, it's just 180/920 = 19.5%
My rent is just $580/month, the utility for apartment is cheap, average is about $65/month since water is free. I only get $125.6/month => $1507/year as the deduction. Not worth the risk of being auditted.

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• You should never to home office deduction -大红狐狸- ♂ (130 bytes) () 02/05/2007 postreply 15:34:31

• What are the other top triggers? Where to find them? -FaCai168- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2007 postreply 15:45:50

• Yes, I figured this out after reading some articles online. -daodao- ♀ (250 bytes) () 02/05/2007 postreply 15:46:57

• 呵呵。 不做亏心事， 不怕鬼叫门。 你们都干什么了？ -laser- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2007 postreply 18:49:23