Work From Home Expense Worksheet (T2200)

The flat-rate shortcut is gone. To claim home office expenses as an employee you now need a signed T2200 from your employer, receipts, and a workspace percentage you can justify. The percentage is where claims fall apart: it has to reflect the actual area used for work and, for a shared space like a kitchen table, the hours you use it for employment. This worksheet records both, totals your eligible expenses by category, and produces a T2200 request you can send to your employer.

What this template is for

A draft built around the details you need

Use this across the year to log home office expenses and workspace use, then transfer the totals to Form T777 at filing time.

Employees can only deduct expenses their employment contract required them to pay, certified on a signed T2200. Commission employees can claim categories salaried employees cannot. Mortgage interest, property tax, home insurance, and capital costs are not deductible by salaried employees. Confirm your situation with the CRA or a tax professional.

How to use it

Measure your workspace and the whole finished area of your home to get the area percentage.
If the space is shared, record the hours per week you use it for employment.
Log each expense with its category and the amount, keeping every receipt.
Send the T2200 request to your employer early — payroll gets busy in February.

Make your own

Fill in your details, then download a PDF or an editable Word file.

Tax year *Your name *Employer name *Employment typeCommission employees can claim some categories salaried employees cannot.Workspace area (sq ft or sq m)Total finished area of homeThe workspace is a shared or common areaA kitchen table or spare room used for other things needs an hours-based adjustment too.Hours per week used for employmentWeeks worked from home this year

Date	Category	Supplier	Amount paid	Employment use %	Claimable amount	Receipt reference

Your name is required.
Employer name is required.

Official forms for this task

T2200 — Declaration of Conditions of EmploymentCanada Revenue Agency
T777 — Statement of Employment ExpensesCanada Revenue Agency

Common questions

Can I still use the flat-rate method?

No. The temporary flat-rate method applied to the pandemic tax years only. Claiming home office expenses now requires the detailed method: a signed T2200 from your employer, receipts, and a reasonable workspace calculation.

How do I calculate the workspace percentage?

Divide the area used for work by the total finished area of the home. If the space is shared — a dining table, a spare room used for other things — you also multiply by the share of hours it is used for employment, based on a 168-hour week.

What can a salaried employee actually claim?

A share of electricity, heat, water, home internet access fees, and maintenance and minor repairs to the workspace. Rent is claimable if you rent. You cannot claim mortgage interest, property tax, home insurance, or capital expenses like furniture and a computer.

My employer will not sign a T2200. What now?

Without it you cannot claim employment expenses. The employer is certifying facts about your conditions of employment, so if working from home was genuinely required, put the request in writing and keep the reply — that record matters if the CRA later reviews the year.

Do I file the T2200 with my return?

No. You file the T777, Statement of Employment Expenses. You keep the signed T2200 and your receipts in case the CRA asks for them, which they do more often on home office claims than most people expect.

How this template is maintained

Last reviewed: August 6, 2026
Reviewed by: Thomas TremblayFounder and editor, Canooq

Sources

CRA: home office expenses for employees — verified August 6, 2026
CRA: Form T2200 — verified August 6, 2026
CRA: Form T777 — verified August 6, 2026

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