Form 8829 vs. asset entry worksheet

[lindadod0626]

Taxpayer and Spouse each have a new home office.  Each is used 100 percent for business.  When I fill out the asset worksheet, it allows me to enter 100 percent.  However, when I go back to fill out all of the percentage information in each 8829 (so the page will populate the correct amount of indirect utilities, interest, etc.), the 8829 *worksheet* business use percentage changes to the square foot percentage of the home office.  What on earth am I doing wrong?  (If I reverse the order I fill out these pages, the square foot percentage is automatically populated.)

[TaxGuyBill · Accepted solution]

If you are depreciating the entire house for the "asset", it needs to be prorated by the business percentage on 8829.

If you are entering an "improvement" that is ONLY for the Home Office, then you need to select it is a Home Office Improvement, and it will allow you to manually enter the business percentage.

[lindadod0626]

THANK YOU!  I thought I was losing my mind.