It is a truth universally acknowledged that a home office deduction ("HOD") remains one of the main triggers for a tax audit… And yet, with so many of us working from home in 2020, the home office deduction is most likely to...more
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020, and many employers responded by requiring or encouraging their employees to work from home. Even as Canada commences "reopening", it...more
With so many people forced by government ordered shut downs to work from home, a question many workers might ask is whether they can deduct expenses for their home offices. As a general rule, expenses that otherwise might...more
Employers Must Cover Work Space Expenses for Home Office Work - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On April 23, 2019, the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland held that employers must pay for...more
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts recently issued a decision in the case of In re Walter D. Catton, Jr. shedding light on the Massachusetts homestead statute and its application to home...more