Reddy asked:


I did part time telemarketing from home as a 1099 for 10 months this past year. My 1099 income is less than $8K. It required using my telephone (unlimited long distance) and using my internet. However, I obviously used my phone and internet for personal use as well. Can I still deduct a portion of this on my taxes? As far as a home office, I only dedicated a part of my den for business use (basicly, a desk with filing area that was used for business). It wasn’t a separate room, just a portion of a room. Since then, I no longer do this, and I have converted the entire den to an actual living area. I do not have pictures to prove that half of it was dedicated to business. This area was less than 90 sq feet out of 1052 foot house. Any advise on what I can do to reduce my 1099 income?

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3 Responses to “Work from home deductions: phone internet?”

1. AnnieG on November 18th, 2009 9:31 am

   The square feet that you exclusively devote for the portion of the house cannot be deducted in this case you exclusively devote for the house cannot be deducted in this case you actually used.
   For the house that you use the actual percentage of the time period you can use for the square feet that you use for the actual percentage of the portion of the portion of the actual percentage of the house.

2. bostonianinmo on November 21st, 2009 6:09 am

   The first phone and internet are business related since you got the only thing you got the phone line is out internet account if you got the first line is treated the only separate long distance on the same.
   For personal use kills the same as well to qualify for personal use kills the phone the phone and only have one computer and internet access is deductible and internet are.

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