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Daycare Facility Worksheet (for simplified method) Keep for Your Records

1. Multiply days used for daycare during the year by hours used per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.

2. Total hours available for use during the year. See the Instructions for the Daycare Facility Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.
3. Divide line 1 by line 2. Enter the result as a decimal amount here and on line 3b of the Simplified Method
Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.

Instructions for the Daycare Facility Worksheet

Use this worksheet to figure the percentage to use on line 3b of the Simplified Method Worksheet. If you do not use the area of your home exclusively for daycare, you
must reduce the prescribed rate before figuring your deduction using the simplified method.
If you used at least 300 square feet for daycare regularly and exclusively during the year, then you do not need to complete this worksheet. This worksheet is
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only needed if you did not use the allowable area exclusively for daycare.
Line 1. Enter the total number of hours the facility was used for daycare during the year.
Example. Your home is used Monday through Friday for 12 hours per day for 250 days during the year. It is also used on 50 Saturdays for 8 hours a day. Enter 3,400 hours
on line 4 (3,000 hours for weekdays plus 400 hours for Saturdays).
Line 2. If you used your home for daycare during the entire year, multiply 365 days (366 for a leap year) by 24 hours, and enter the result.
If you started or stopped using your home for daycare during the year, you must prorate the number of hours based on the number of days the home was available for
daycare. Multiply 24 hours by the number of days available and enter that result.

of their home for a qualified business Example 1. Andy files his federal in- na moved to a new home and immedi-
use. Lindsey uses 200 square feet of come tax return on a calendar year basis. ately began using 200 square feet of the
their home for a separate qualified busi- On July 20, he began using 400 square new home for the same qualified busi-
ness use. The qualified business uses feet of his home for a qualified business ness use. While preparing her tax return,
share 100 square feet. In addition to the use. He continued to use the 400 square Donna used the simplified method to de-
portion that they do not share, Kristen feet until the end of the year. Andy's duct expenses for the qualified business
and Lindsey can both claim 50 of the average monthly allowable square foot- use of her old home. Donna's average
100 square feet or divide the 100 square age is 125 square feet (300 square feet monthly allowable square footage is 175
feet between them in any reasonable for August through December divided square feet (300 square feet for January
manner. If divided evenly, Kristen could by the number of months in the year ((0 through July divided by the number of
claim 250 square feet using the simpli- + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 300 + 300 + months in the year ((300 + 300 + 300 +
fied method and Lindsey could claim 300 + 300 + 300)/12)). 300 + 300 + 300 + 300 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 +
150 square feet. 0)/12)). Donna also prepared Form 8829
Example 2. Roland files his federal to deduct the actual expenses associated
Part-year use or area changes (for income tax return on a calendar year ba-
simplified method only). If your quali- sis. On April 20, he began using 100 with the qualified business use of her
new home.
fied business use was for a portion of the square feet of his home for a qualified
tax year (for example, a seasonal busi- business use. On August 5, he expanded Once you have determined your al-
ness, a business that begins during the the area of his qualified business use to lowable square footage, enter the result
year, or you moved during the year) or 350 square feet. Roland continued to use on line 2 of the Simplified Method
you changed the square footage of your the 350 square feet until the end of the Worksheet.
qualified business use, your deduction is year. Roland's average monthly allowa- If you moved during the year,
limited to the average monthly allowa- ble square footage is 150 square feet ! your average allowable square
ble square footage. You figure the aver- (100 square feet for May through July CAUTION footage will generally be less
age monthly allowable square footage and 300 square feet for August through than 300.
by adding the amount of allowable December divided by the number of
square feet you used in each month and months in the year ((0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 100 You can use the Area Adjust-
dividing the sum by 12. + 100 +100 + 300 + 300 + 300 + 300 + TIP ment Worksheet in Pub. 587 to
When determining the average 300)/12)). help you determine the allowa-
monthly allowable square footage, you Example 3. Donna files her federal ble square footage to enter on line 2 of
cannot take more than 300 square feet income tax return on a calendar year ba- the Simplified Method Worksheet.
into account for any one month. Addi- sis. From January 1 through July 16, she Reporting your expenses for business
tionally, if your qualified business use used 300 square feet of her home for a use of the home. If you did not use the
was less than 15 days in a month, you qualified business use. On July 17, Don- simplified method, include the amount
must use -0- for that month.

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