Sites to help you make a home business less taxing

A variety of federal tax deductions can help an entrepreneur maintain and grow a home-based business.

But the rules governing home-based business deductions aren’t always easy to understand, and require good record keeping.

If you own and operate a home business, it would pay to learn all you can about home-based business tax deductions.

Here are a few places on the Web with useful information:

Bankrate.com

Discusses requirements for home office deductions.

CompleteTax.com

completetax.com/taxguide/text/c60s15d370.asp

Covers range of home-office deduction topics, including qualifying for the deduction and home-office depreciations.

Financial Web

Spotlights tax tips for home office and links to IRS forms.

Investopedia

Serves up criteria for qualifying home-office tax deductions.

Internal Revenue Service

Provides overview of rules and requirements for home office deductions.