Home office deduction - unable to enter Indirect expenses - Premier 2024

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January 30, 2025
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I have been taking the home office expense deduction in California for years. This year, the home office expense form in Turbotax Premier 2024, will not allow me to enter Real Estate taxes, Insurance, Utilities. These indirect expenses were always prorated for the size of the home office. I can see the entries I made for these lines in the 2023 tax return, but in the 2024 Turbotax Premier version will not let me enter anything. Is anyone having similar issues?

KrisD15

TurboTax Premier allows "Actual Expenses" for the Home Office Deduction.

You do need to answer the interview questions in a way that makes that option available to you.

Please go back through that interview.

You need to indicate that you used actual expenses in previous years and also elect that method for 2024.

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winexxxAuthor

Hi Kris, many thanks for your quick response. I am following the interview question - selecting 'enter actual expenses'. I do not see a question that requests which method was used in previous years, but I did indicate that this office has been used since 2021 for the same purpose. Still I am unable to populate indirect expenses other than mortgage interest and maintenance expenses.

MAK70

I would like to take a deeper look at this. However, I need a diagnostic file which is a copy of your tax return that has all of your personal information removed. You can send one to us by following the directions below:

TurboTax Online:

Sign into your online account.
Locate the Tax Tools on the left-hand side of the screen.
A drop-down will appear. Select Tools
On the pop-up screen, click on “Share my file with agent.”
This will generate a message that a diagnostic file gets sanitized and transmitted to us.
Please provide the Token Number that was generated in the response.

TurboTax Desktop/Download Versions:

Open your return.
Click the Online tab in the black bar across the top of TurboTax and select “Send Tax File to Agent” *
This will generate a message that a diagnostic copy will be created. Click on OK and the tax file will be sanitized and transmitted to us.
Please provide the Token Number (including the dash) that was generated in the response.

*(If using a MAC, go to the menu at the top of the screen, select Help, then, “Send Tax File to Agent”)

@winexxx