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Small Business: Home-office deductions simplified

Some of the issues involved in claiming deductions

Photo credit: Handout | Some of the issues involved in claiming deductions for a home office may be resolved with a new simplified option, the IRS recently announced.

Jamie Herzlich

Newsday columnist Jamie Herzlich Jamie Herzlich

Herzlich writes the Small Business column in Newsday.

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For many home-based businesses, claiming the home-office deduction has often been more of a headache than it's worth.

It can be complicated to calculate and can be perceived as an audit red flag.

But some of those issues may be resolved thanks to a new simplified option for claiming the home-office deduction that the IRS recently announced, experts said.

"It cuts out the complexity,"...

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