{"id":8774,"date":"2020-12-22T09:22:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=8774"},"modified":"2020-12-22T09:22:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:22:44","slug":"canadians-working-from-home-can-claim-new-tax-deduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8774","title":{"rendered":"Canadians working from home can claim new tax deduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gettyimages-923217650.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gettyimages-923217650.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gettyimages-923217650-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gettyimages-923217650-768x320.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>December 18, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadians who have been working from home during the pandemic will be eligible for a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/tax\/individuals\/topics\/about-your-tax-return\/tax-return\/completing-a-tax-return\/deductions-credits-expenses\/line-229-other-employment-expenses\/work-space-home-expenses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tax deduction of up to $400<\/a>\u00a0to cover their home office expenses in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees who worked from home at least 50 per cent of the time, over a period of at least four consecutive weeks or more due to the pandemic will be eligible for the deduction. Workers can claim\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/tax\/individuals\/topics\/about-your-tax-return\/tax-return\/completing-a-tax-return\/deductions-credits-expenses\/line-229-other-employment-expenses\/work-space-home-expenses\/calculate-expenses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$2 for each day they worked from home<\/a>, up to a maximum of $400, without the need for employers to sign additional paperwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who still want to make larger claims for home office expenses can still do so with a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/tax\/individuals\/topics\/about-your-tax-return\/tax-return\/completing-a-tax-return\/deductions-credits-expenses\/line-229-other-employment-expenses\/work-space-home-expenses\/how-claim.html#h-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">simplified process<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The streamlined expense claim will simplify the lives of workers while allowing our members at the Canada Revenue Agency to focus on providing financial relief to other vulnerable Canadians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/canadians-working-home-can-claim-new-tax-deduction\">Canadians working from home can claim new tax deduction | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 18, 2020 Canadians who have been working from home during the pandemic will be eligible for a new\u00a0tax deduction of up to $400\u00a0to cover their home office expenses in 2020. Employees who worked from home at least 50 per cent of the time, over a period of at least four consecutive weeks or more &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8774\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Canadians working from home can claim new tax deduction&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8776,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8774\/revisions\/8776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}