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learning experiences utilizing advanced technology, web based instruction, and/or cable programming to enhance the quality of education in our communities. Teachers are asked to submit an application, including a Project Summary, Evaluation Form and support materials for their project, online at www.brighthouse.com/classroomin-
novators. The Classroom Innovator Grant program is part of Bright House Networks’ educational initiatives that also include the Future Scholars Laptop Scholarship program. For more information about Bright House Networks Classroom Innovators Grant program, please visit www.brighthouse.com/classroominnovators.
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IRS announces simplified option for claiming home office deduction starting this year The Internal Revenue Service today announced a simplified option that many owners of home-based businesses and some homebased workers may use to figure their deductions for the business use of their homes. In tax year 2010, the most recent year for which figures are available, nearly 3.4 million taxpayers claimed deductions for business use of a home (commonly referred to as the home office deduction). The new optional deduction, capped at $1,500 per year based on $5 a square foot for up to 300 square feet, will reduce the paperwork and recordkeeping burden on small businesses by an estimated 1.6 million hours annually. "This is a commonsense rule to provide taxpayers an easier way to calculate and claim the home office deduction," said Acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller. "The IRS continues to look for similar ways to combat complexity and encourages people to look at this option as they consider tax planning in 2013." The new option provides eligible taxpayers an easier path to claim-
ing the home office deduction. Currently, they are generally required to fill out a 43line form (Form 8829) often with complex calculations of allocated expenses, depreciation and carryovers of unused deductions. Taxpayers claiming the optional deduction will complete a significantly simplified form. Though homeowners using the new option cannot depreciate the portion of their home used in a trade or business, they can claim allowable mortgage interest, real estate taxes and casualty losses on the home as itemized deductions on Schedule A. These deductions need not be allocated between personal and business use, as is required under the regular method. Business expenses unrelated to the home, such as advertising, supplies and wages paid to employees are still fully deductible. Current restrictions on the home office deduction, such as the requirement that a home office must be used regularly and exclusively for business and the limit tied to the income derived from the particular business,
still apply under the new option. The new simplified option is available starting with the 2013 return most taxpayers file early in 2014. Further details on the new option can be found in Revenue Procedure 2013-13, posted today on IRS.gov. Revenue Procedure 2013-13 is effective for taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2013, and the IRS welcomes public comment on this new option to improve it for tax year 2014 and later years. There are three ways to submit comments. • E-mail to: Notice.Comments@irsc ounsel.treas.gov. Include “Rev. Proc. 2013-13” in the subject line. • Mail to: Internal Revenue Service, CC:PA:LPD:PR (Rev. Proc. 2013-13), Room 5203, P.O. Box 7604, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044. • Hand deliver to: CC:PA:LPD:PR (Rev. Proc. 2013-13), Courier’s Desk, Internal Revenue Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The deadline for comment is April 15, 2013.