Jamison Is Self-Employed and He Works Out of an Office

question 36

Multiple Choice

Jamison is self-employed and he works out of an office in his home. After allocating the home-related expenses between the business office and the rest of the home, which of the following statements regarding the sequence of deductibility of the expenses allocated to the home office business use is correct?

• A) Depreciation expense, other expenses, property taxes and interest expense
• B) Other expenses, depreciation expense, property taxes and interest expense
• C) Property taxes and interest expense, depreciation expense, other expenses
• D) Other expenses, property taxes and interest expense, depreciation expense
• E) None of the above statements is correct.

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