T2200 Eligibility Checker & Home Office Calculator
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Guidance checked against CRA sources, reviewed September 25, 2026.
Step 1: Check your eligibility
Answer 5 short questions to see whether you can likely claim home office expenses with Form T2200. This checker is guidance only — the CRA makes the final call on your return.
Please pick an answer to move on.
You can likely claim home office expenses
Your answers line up with the CRA's conditions for the detailed method. Here's what to do next:
- Ask your employer to complete and sign Form T2200. Keep it with your records — you don't file it with your return.
- Gather receipts and bills for the expenses you plan to claim.
- If you can't claim all your workspace expenses this year, you may carry the rest forward — but only against income from the same employer, and never to create or increase a loss.
Almost there
Your answers look promising, but one piece is missing: a completed and signed Form T2200 from your employer. The CRA requires it for the detailed method.
- Talk to your manager or payroll team — the form is short and employers sign it routinely.
- Once you have the signed form, come back and run this checker again.
Not a fit for a T2200 claim
Based on your answers, the CRA's conditions aren't met.
You can still learn how the rules work in case your situation changes — see who can claim on the T2200 Hub, or browse the FAQ.
Step 2: Estimate your home office claim
Enter your annual costs. The calculator works out your work-use percentage and applies it to each expense, the way the CRA's detailed method does. Claim totals go on Form T777 and then to line 22900 of your return.
Keep every receipt for 6 years from the end of the tax year it relates to. The CRA can ask to see them.
The COVID flat-rate method ended after 2022 — this calculator uses the detailed method only.
Ready for the full picture?
Walk through Form T2200 start to finish: who can claim, what counts, and how it lands on your return.
This is general information, not tax advice. For your situation, consult a tax professional or the CRA.