Unfortunately, employees cannot deduct home office expenses because of the suspension of the deduction for miscellaneous itemized deductions subject to the 2%-of-adjusted-gross-income floor through 2025. Only self-employed individuals may claim a home office deduction if they otherwise qualify to do so.
A husband and wife who are required to live apart from each other by the terms of a decree of separate maintenance. Payments under the decree are deductible by the payor and taxable to the payee as alimony.