During 2018, Jane Mason incurred the following home expenses:

Assume that Jane qualified for the home office deduction, all of the above expenditures qualified for the deduction as home office expenses, 8 percent of the space in the home was used for the business activity, and Jane earned \(\$ 9,000\) in 2018 after all deductions other than home office expenses.

a. Compute Jane's home office deduction for 2018.

b. Assume instead that Jane earned only \(\$ 1,000\) after all deductions other than home office expenses. What is her home office deduction?

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Real estate taxes Interest on home mortgage Maintenance on home Other home expenses including depreciation Total $4,000 7,000 2,000 4,000. $17,000