Article: The evolution of a key internal revenue code section: the home office deduction.

INTRODUCTION

Under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), taxpayers have traditionally been able to deduct all of the "ordinary and necessary" expenses of conducting a trade or business from the revenue generated by such business (Internal Revenue Code [section] 162). For those not engaged in a regular "trade or business but who nevertheless derive some income from a certain activity, their expenses related to the production of that income are also deductible (Internal Revenue Code [section] 212). Thus, many taxpayers have in the past been deducting the cost of maintaining an office at home where they conduct either a regular business or some income producing ...

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