SOLUTION: Please Help! Taxpayers with an office in their home may deduct a percentage of their home-related expenses. This percentage is based on the ration of the office's area to the area

Question 301295: Please Help! Taxpayers with an office in their home may deduct a percentage of their home-related expenses. This percentage is based on the ration of the office's area to the area of the home. A taxpayer with a 2200-square foot home maintains a 20-foot by 16-foot office. If the yearly electricity bills for the home come to $4800, how much of this is deductible?
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This percentage is based on the ration of the office's area to the area of the home.
A taxpayer with a 2200-square foot home maintains a 20-foot by 16-foot office.
If the yearly electricity bills for the home come to $4800, how much of this is deductible?
:
deduction = office area/total area * total electric bill
d = * 4800
:
d = * 4800
:
d = $698.18 of his electricity is deductible

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