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Eligibility to claim To claim working from home expenses, you must: be working from home to fulfil your employment duties, not just carrying out minimal tasks, such as occasionally checking emails or taking calls incur additional running expenses as a result of working from home have records that show you incur these expenses. To calculate your deduction for working from home expenses, you must use one of the methods set out below. Where you incur running expenses for both private and work purposes, you need to apportion your deduction. You can only claim the work-related portion as a deduction. Additional running expenses Running expenses relate to the use of facilities within your home. These expenses are generally considered private and domestic expenses. You can claim a deduction for additional running expenses you incur as a direct result of working from home. Additional running expenses may include: electricity or gas (energy expenses) for heating or cooling and lighting home and mobile internet or data expenses mobile and home phone expenses stationery and office supplies the decline in value of depreciating assets you use for work – for example office furniture such as chairs and desks equipment such as computers, laptops and software the […] read more