{"id":20379,"date":"2025-12-26T12:15:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T11:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accountable.eu\/help-center\/what-are-the-rules-for-deducting-a-space-dedicated-to-my-business-in-my-home\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:19:24","slug":"what-are-the-rules-for-deducting-a-space-dedicated-to-my-business-in-my-home","status":"publish","type":"help_center","link":"https:\/\/www.accountable.eu\/en-be\/help-center\/what-are-the-rules-for-deducting-a-space-dedicated-to-my-business-in-my-home\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the rules for deducting a space dedicated to my business in my home?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>In this article, we explain the deductibility rules that apply to your home office<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<h1 id=\"h_269deed1dd\"><b>What can be deducted as professional expenses?<\/b><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Your utility bills (water, gas, electricity, heating)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The interests on your mortgage loan, depending on the <b>surface<\/b> allocated to your activity at home.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The entire furniture and decoration purchases, from plants to armchairs, of your workspace. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>If you are a co-owner<\/b>, you also deduct your housing costs based on your share of the propriety. Example:<i> if you own 50% of your home and devote 10% of its surface area to your professional activity, you will deduct 10% of 50% of your interests and expenses.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\">\ud83d\udea8 <b>Warning: If you are a tenant, you probably cannot deduct your rent.<\/b><br \/>Indeed, can be considered a business expense only a commercial lease specifying the portion of the rent dedicated to professional activities (and registered by the landlord <a href=\"https:\/\/finances.belgium.be\/fr\/E-services\/MyRent\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">here<\/a>). When the property is used for professional purposes, your landlord will pay higher taxes on rental income. It is therefore doubtful that your landlord will agree.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<h1 id=\"h_45d5a17282\">How do you determine the deductible surface area of your home?<\/h1>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The safest option is to take your floor plan, your meter, and measure the space reserved for your office, your studio, your workshop. Determine if this space represents 5%, 10%, 15%\u2026 of your house and <b>apply this same percentage to your expenses<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Be precise: in the event of a tax audit, the tax authorities may come to your home to check whether your expenses correspond to reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">In general, the tax authorities allow you to deduct a maximum of <b>15% <\/b>of your home for business purposes. If you have the slightest doubt, of course, take out your tape measure and check!<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<h1 id=\"h_425762d4b5\">How to deduct your home as a complementary self-employed person?<\/h1>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">As a complementary self-employed person, you deduct your housing in proportion to the surface area that you devote to your complementary activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You teach yoga as a complementary activity and have transformed for this purpose part of the second floor of your house, i.e. 20%? You deduct 20% of the interest from your mortgage and your expenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You are co-owner of the house, for 40% of it? Then, you apply this 20% to the 40% you own. In other words, you apply the following formula: 20% x (40% of charges and interest).<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\ud83d\udca1 There is no VAT on the interest on your mortgage loan or charges: whether you are subject to VAT does not change the amount you deduct here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<h1 id=\"h_6b794953b8\">Where to mention the % of pro use in Accountable?<\/h1>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You just need to type the % of professional use in the part &#8220;Professional use&#8221; directly in the expense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<h2 id=\"h_debe40aa7a\">From the App:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"intercom-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/downloads.intercomcdn.com\/i\/o\/819035363\/ab5c0cb67df80c5ce217f312\/Capture+d%E2%80%99e%CC%81cran+2023-08-30+a%CC%80+17.06.10.png?expires=1778241600&amp;signature=cbef4e12407ba4186662304fe25ce08df139c58bdc68a827400fb877c0a72803&amp;req=fCEuFsp7nodcFb4V1XW4gR86xjvAFUg94PoJn2Z0YhXjoC%2F%2F1NeLJz0qtuZM%0AIQNOWw48GbpTCFkisSSOxzPZHg%3D%3D%0A\" width=\"300\" height=\"659\" style=\"height: auto;\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<h2 id=\"h_321958b62b\">From the web: <\/h2>\n<div class=\"intercom-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/downloads.intercomcdn.com\/i\/o\/819038275\/8bd86a5382f5765a8a9a6209\/Capture+d%E2%80%99e%CC%81cran+2023-08-30+a%CC%80+17.09.41.png?expires=1778241600&amp;signature=0e4f433ecddd0687ffab747b6a7b6d1aca2e9c62bd5a0738a0abe58b4ae8cd8d&amp;req=fCEuFsp2n4ZaFb4V1XW4gZARXCnlbYNOZEt6Hx8bMNb1w65hStKPpUzMOClU%0AkvtdFURRqICMYknBusWhsdNzyg%3D%3D%0A\" width=\"335\" height=\"670\" style=\"height: auto;\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<hr>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via chat or by email to the following address: <a href=\"mailto:support@accountable.eu\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">support@accountable.eu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we explain the deductibility rules that apply to your home office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-20379","help_center","type-help_center","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What are the rules for deducting a space dedicated to my business in my home? 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