For Tax Year 2016, Taylor Used the Simplified Method of Determining

question 177

True/False

For tax year 2016, Taylor used the simplified method of determining her office in the home deduction. For 2017, Taylor must continue to use the simplified method and cannot switch to the regular (actual expense) method.

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