Form 8829 Expenses for Business Use of Your Home 2011
Summary: This is an example of the 2011 Form 8829 with items completed per text. Additionally, the following line items are
completed:
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Name(s) of proprietor(s)
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Your Social Security Number
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Part I: Part of Your Home Used for Business
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1. Area used regularly and exclusively for business, regularly for daycare, or for storage of inventory or product samples (see
instructions)
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2. Total area of home
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3. Divide line 1 by line 2. Enter the result as a percentage
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7. Business percentage. For daycare facilities not used exclusively for business, multiply line 6 by line 3 (enter the result as a percentage). All others, enter the amount from line
3
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Part II: Figure Your Allowable Deduction
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8. Enter the amount from Schedule C, line 29, plus any gain derived from the business use of your home and shown on Schedule D or Form 4797, minus any loss from the trade or business not derived from the business use of your home and shown on Schedule D or Form 4797. See
instructions
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Note: See instructions for columns (a) and (b) before completing lines 9-21. Column (a): Direct expenses. Column (b): Indirect
expenses.
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10b. Deductible mortgage interest (see instructions)
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11b. Real estate taxes (see instructions)
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12b. Add lines 9, 10, and 11
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13b. Multiply line 12, column (b) by line 7
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14. Add line 12, column (a) and line 13
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15. Subtract line 14 from line 8. If zero or less, enter -0-
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17b. Insurance
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19a. Repairs and maintenance
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19b. Repairs and maintenance
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20b. Utilities
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22a. Add lines 16 through 21
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22b. Add lines 16 through 21
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23. Multiply line 22, column (b) by line 7
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24. Carryover of operating expenses from 2010 Form 8829, line
42
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25. Add line 22 in column (a), line 23, and line 24
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26. Allowable operating expenses. Enter the smaller of line 15 or line
25
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27. Limit on excess casualty losses and depreciation. Subtract line 26 from line
15
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29. Depreciation of your home from line 41 below
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31. Add lines 28 through 30
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32. Allowable excess casualty losses and depreciation. Enter the smaller of line 27 or line
31
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33. Add lines 14, 26, and 32
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35. Allowable expenses for business use of your home. Subtract line 34 from line 33. Enter here and on Schedule C, line 30. If your home was used for more than one business, see
instructions.
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Part III: Depreciation of Your Home
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36. Enter the smaller of your home's adjusted basis or its fair market value (see
instructions)
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37. Value of land included on line 36
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38. Basis of building. Subtract line 37 from line 36
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39. Business basis of building. Multiply line 38 by line 7
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40. Depreciation percentage (see instructions)
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41. Depreciation allowable (see instructions). Multiply line 39 by line 40. Enter here and on line 29
above.
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