On: It’s possible to pay $150 in taxes on an income of...

[Swizec]

Yes it’s generally frowned upon to have more business expenses than revenue for multiple years in a row.

But claiming your home office (a part of your home explicitly used for work) as a business expense is definitely not tax fraud.

You can’t claim your kitchen tho.

[plorkyeran → Swizec]

Claiming a home office which you do not use exclusively for business purposes as a business expense is tax fraud. If you have a fake "business" which you spend an hour a month on then this is only useful if you have an extra room in your house that you're fine with effectively just boarding up.

[andrewmcwatters → Swizec]

Yeah, the IRS makes it pretty clear what the "Business Use of Home" is, and it's not your bedroom.