Working from home for an employer expense question

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March 15, 2024
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Hi Guys,

I worked from home while employed by a company and for the section of my taxes asking to input Home Expenses:

-For Electricity, heat and water, what do I put for each of the fields- GST taxable; HST taxable; and Zero rated & exempt? My guess is for GST and HST taxable, it is just the full amount I paid for Electricity, heat and water and I put nothing in the “Zero rated & exempt field”. Is that correct?

-For the section, “Amounts included above that related solely to the workspace of your home”, say the total sum of the rows above was $100 and 20% of my home is my workspace. Should I then put $20 in this field?

Thanks!

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Best answer by TurboTaxSusan

No. In your case you would just enter the $100 total for electricity under "Enter the expenses which you incurred for the entire home."

"Amounts included above that relate solely to the work space in your home" is for something that is only for your workspace, so needs to be deducted at deferent rate then just the basic calculation used above.

TurboTaxSusan

You would enter the expense in the column for whichever kind of sales tax you paid.

For the section, “Amounts included above that related solely to the workspace of your home”, you would just put in any amounts that you put in the section above that were used just for your workspace. You don't need to do any extra calculations, as TurboTax will do it for you.

sensei_mike90210Author

Right. So say my only expense is electricity , heat and water for the year, had HST (and not GST) applied to my bills and total cost was $100. And say 20% of my house is used as my home office. Therefore "Amounts included above that relate solely to the work space in your home"= $20 which is what I'd put in that box, correct?

TurboTaxSusanAnswer

No. In your case you would just enter the $100 total for electricity under "Enter the expenses which you incurred for the entire home."

LukasH

Hey, I have the same question for this year, was it correct to enter the total amount you paid for Electricity, heat, water and say Internet or did you need to calculate just the GST and HST you paid on it and submit those numbers?