Which method wins?

Renting a room in your home? You can allocate shared expenses by square footage or by room count — and they rarely give you the same deduction. Guess first, then run your numbers.

Before you calculate: which method usually gives the bigger deduction for a small room in a big house?

Fill in all four fields with numbers greater than zero.
Square footage method —
Room count method —

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