IRS Tax Tip 2022-37, March 9, 2022 Rent is any amount paid for the use of property that a small business doesn't own. Typically, rent can be deducted as a business expense when the rent is for property the taxpayer uses for the business. Businesses can't take a rental deduction for unreasonable rents paid. Rent is unreasonable for
deduction when it is higher than market value or a professional appraisal. A business owner's workplace can be in their home if they have a home office that qualifies as their principal place of business. Rent paid
for a business is usually deductible in the year it is paid. A business can usually deduct the costs
paid to cancel a business lease. Subscribe to IRS Tax Tips Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 13-Apr-2022 It’s very common for sole proprietors to form an entity and elect S corporation status on it to mitigate the self-employment tax burden. A natural follow-up question that many ask is, “Well, now that I am an S corporation shareholder-employee, can I still take the home office deduction? I used to report it directly on Schedule C, but now what? Does my S corporation just pay me rent for the space?” Well, you have three options here to take some kind of deduction with respect to the S corporation’s use of your home. But you really only have one option, because two of the three options are really crappy and semi-useless.
Option 1 (Fail): Have Your S Corporation Pay You Rent.This is the “old school” way of doing things. Your S corporation simply gets a deduction for the rent paid to you, but you have to recognize this rent as rental income on Schedule E. Keep in mind, though, that this is an area of increased IRS scrutiny, so make sure you formalize everything in a lease and that you have established a fair market rent. And here’s the catch. IRC §280A(c)(6) disallows home office deductions on rentals by employees to their employers, so you don’t even get those cool home office-y deductions like homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, HOA dues, repairs, utilities, etc. You can still report a portion of your mortgage interest and property taxes on Schedule E. The only potential benefits of doing this are reducing your S corporation’s income (which may let you take a lower FICA-subject salary), the ability to report a portion of your mortgage interest and property taxes on Schedule E if you take the standard deduction, and if you itemize taking a portion of your mortgage interest and property taxes as above-the-line-deductions. But again, you don’t get to take any home office deductions, so this is basically a fail.  Option 2 (Fail): Claim the Home Office Deduction as an Employee Business Expense.Under this option, you claim the home office deduction as an employee business expense. Now, as you know, the employee business expense deduction is a miscellaneous itemized deduction on Schedule A. But these deductions are subject to 2% of your adjusted gross income, meaning that you won’t even get the full deduction. Fail much? Option 2 was eliminated by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Option 3: Set Up an Accountable Plan.We’ve shown that neither the S corporation-renting-to-employee-shareholder method nor taking the home office as an employee business expense make sense. So what does make sense? The solution is to set up an accountable plan under Treas. Reg. §1.62-2(d)(1) through which your S corporation can reimburse you for all of your home office expenses. You submit a report to your S corp that contains the home office expenses you incurred as an employee of your S corporation (including depreciation deductions). The S corporation gets the deduction, and you report no income on your individual return because this is an employee reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of your duties for the convenience of your employer, i.e., your S corporation. Can LLC deduct home office expenses?They will qualify only if the structure is used exclusively and regularly for business. Taxpayers who qualify may choose one of two methods to calculate their home office expense deduction: The simplified option has a rate of $5 a square foot for business use of the home.
Can you write off rent as a business expense?Rent is any amount paid for the use of property that a small business doesn't own. Typically, rent can be deducted as a business expense when the rent is for property the taxpayer uses for the business.
Can my S corp pay me rent for home office?The S corporation can pay you rent for the home office. The S corporation can pay you for the costs of a home office under an “accountable” plan for employee business expense reimbursement.
Can you deduct rent for home office?The home office deduction for renters
If you rent (rather than own) your home office space, and you qualify for the home office deduction, you can deduct a percentage of your monthly rent. That percentage is equal to the percentage of your home's square footage used for work.
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