[quote=SK in CV][quote=captcha]If home office remodel is deductible and you add a room to your house and move your existing home office to the new room can you deduct the full cost of addition?
How is it possible that the county destroys blueprints 90 days after the work is done? What’s stopping me from making an unpermitted modification (something that’s not visible from the outside) and claiming that’s how the things were as long as I don’t get caught during construction?[/quote]
No, and good question.
You’d have to depreciate the cost of the remodeling, not write off the whole thing in the year you do it.
I’ll take your word for it that blueprints are destroyed after 90 days. (does the city do that too?) My old house in poway had tons of work done that was only partially permitted. It was done before the city took over administration of permits from the county. The only thing their records showed was the approximate square footage, and that there was electrical and plumbing. The guy who I bought it from, had built a 1800 square foot, 2 bedroom guest house. I strongly suspect with no permits at all. I don’t remember the exact circumstances, but I had to do something to it, got a permit, and they essentially confirmed the whole thing was permitted, because the records they inherited from the county were so incomplete. So I think it might be possible.[/quote]
I have a dumb question… If you take these sort of home office deductions, how are things affected when you end up selling your home. (Just a general discussion, to get an idea)…
