Instructions For Schedule C 1040 - 2016 (Page 11 of 18) in pdf

Keep for Your Records

Simplified Method Worksheet

Enter the amount of the gross income limitation. See Instructions for the Simplified Method Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Allowable square footage for the qualified business use. Do not enter more than 300 square feet. See Instructions for the

Simplified Method Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Simplified method amount

Maximum allowable amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3a.

For daycare facilities not used exclusively for business, enter the decimal amount from the Daycare Facility Worksheet;

otherwise, enter 1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3b.

Multiply line 3a by line 3b and enter result to 2 decimal places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3c.

Multiply line 2 by line 3c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Allowable expenses using the simplified method. Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 4 here and include that amount on

Schedule C, line 30. If zero or less, enter -0-

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Carryover of unallowed expenses from 2015 that are not allowed in 2016.

Operating expenses. Enter the amount from your 2015 Form 8829, line 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6a.

Excess casualty losses and depreciation. Enter the amount from your 2015 Form 8829, line 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6b.

Instructions for the Simplified Method Worksheet

Use this worksheet to figure the amount of expenses you may deduct for a qualified business use of a home if you are electing to use the simplified method for

that home. If you are not electing to use the simplified method, use Form 8829.

Line 1. If all gross income from your trade or business is from this qualified business use of your home, figure your gross income limitation as follows.

A. Enter the amount from Schedule C, line 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B. Enter any gain derived from the business use of your home and shown on Form 8949 (and included on Schedule D) or Form 4797 . . . . .

C. Add lines A and B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

D. Enter the loss (as a positive number) shown on Form 8949 (and included on Schedule D) or Form 4797 that are allocable to the business,

but not allocable to the use of the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

E. Gross income limitation. Subtract line D from line C. Enter the result here and on line 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

If some of the income is from a place of business other than your home, you must first determine the part of your gross income (Schedule C, line 7, and gains

from Form 8949, Schedule D, and Form 4797) from the business use of your home. In making this determination, consider the amount of time you spend at each

location as well as other facts. After determining the part of your gross income from the business use of your home, subtract from that amount the total expenses

shown on Schedule C, line 28, plus any losses shown on Form 8949 (and included on Schedule D) or Form 4797 that are allocable to the business in which you

use your home but that are not allocable to the use of the home. Enter the result on line 1.

Note: If you had more than one home in which you conducted this business during the year, include only the income earned and the deductions attributable to

that income during the period you owned the home for which you elected to use the simplified method.

Line 2. If you used the same area for the entire year, enter the smaller of the square feet you actually used and 300. If you and your spouse conducted the

business as a qualified joint venture, split the square feet between you and your spouse in the same manner you split your other tax attributes. If you shared space

with someone else, used the home for business for only part of the year, or the area you used changed during the year, see

Figuring your allowable expenses for

business use of the home

before entering an amount on this line. Do not enter more than 300 square feet or, if applicable, the average monthly allowable square

footage on this line. See

Part-year use or area changes (for simplified method

only), later, for more information on how to figure your average monthly

allowable square footage.

Line 3b. If your qualified business use is providing daycare, you may need to account for the time that you used the same part of your home for other purposes.

If you used the part of your home exclusively and regularly for providing daycare, enter 1.0 on line 3b. If you did not use the part of your home exclusively for

providing daycare, complete the

Daycare Facility Worksheet

to figure what number to enter on line 3b.

Line 6. Since you are using the simplified method this year, you cannot deduct the amounts you entered on lines 6a and 6b this year. If you file Form 8829 next

year for your qualified business use of this home, you will be able to include these expenses when you figure your deduction.

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