As a consultant, if you work from home for a few months, can you deduct portion of your rent, utility bills, ... from your income taxes?

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You can’t deduct any of this anymore due to the tax laws changes. It was a big kick in the balls to anyone who had a home office

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And a modest boon to those of us who weren’t being shady and taking this. Even under the old laws, you weren’t allowed to take it if your employer provided you an office.

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If you itemize your deductions, then yes. Most people take the standard deduction though

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From 1099 income yes. But not from W2 income

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If there is a local office you could work from but choose to work from home the answer is “no"

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Doesn’t matter anymore. This deduction was deleted as part of tax reform

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I heard you can itemize deductions but apparently tax laws have changed and you can no longer do this? Im not sure though

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Really? Lol

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