{"id":4332,"date":"2025-07-08T16:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steuer-dienst.ch\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=4332"},"modified":"2025-07-08T16:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:28:08","slug":"privates-buero-home-office","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/steuer-dienst.ch\/en\/faqs\/privates-buero-home-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Office \/ Home Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"viewer-yorxc741724\" class=\"R920X _5wA-D d0eTW vC2ou -oJ0G\"><span class=\"J6XX-\">The costs for a private workspace (home office) can be claimed for tax purposes. However, strict requirements apply when deducting expenses for a private home office:<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-k0fna741726\" class=\"R920X _5wA-D d0eTW vC2ou -oJ0G\"><span class=\"J6XX-\">The home office must be used regularly, meaning a significant portion of your professional work is carried out there. The benchmark is 40% or more of a full-time workload. The second condition is that your employer did not provide a suitable workspace for your job. The third requirement is that the home office is used exclusively for professional purposes. Only if all three conditions are met can a proportion of the room's costs be deducted from your income tax.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-tyff8741728\" class=\"R920X _5wA-D d0eTW vC2ou -oJ0G\"><span class=\"J6XX-\">Home Office 2020 Due to COVID-19<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-k5qip741729\" class=\"R920X _5wA-D d0eTW vC2ou -oJ0G\"><span class=\"J6XX-\">If you worked from home in 2020 due to COVID-19, these costs cannot be deducted as home office expenses (legal requirements are not met). However, the usual commuting and meal expenses can still be deducted.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Kosten f\u00fcr ein privates Arbeitszimmer (Home-Office) k\u00f6nnen steuerlich geltend  [&#8230;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[],"class_list":["post-4332","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steuer-dienst.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/4332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steuer-dienst.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steuer-dienst.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steuer-dienst.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steuer-dienst.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/steuer-dienst.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/4332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4333,"href":"https:\/\/steuer-dienst.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/4332\/revisions\/4333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steuer-dienst.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steuer-dienst.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=4332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}