Editing Small office/home office (section)

==Professions==
Many [[consultant]]s and the members of such [[profession]]s like [[lawyer]]s, real estate agents, and [[surveyor (surveying)|surveyors]] in small and medium-sized towns operate from home offices.

Several ranges of products, such as the [[armoire desk]], [[all-in-one printer]], [[virtual assistant]]s, [[home server]]s and [[network-attached storage]] are designed specifically for the SOHO market. A number of books and [[Family Computing|magazines]] have been published and marketed specifically at this type of office. These range from general advice texts to specific guidebooks on such challenges as setting up a small [[Private branch exchange|PBX]] for the office [[telephone]]s.

Technology has also created a demand for [[homesourcing|larger businesses to employ individuals who work from home]]. Sometimes these people remain as independent businesspersons, and sometimes they become employees of a larger company.

The small office home office has undergone a transformation since its advent as the [[Internet]] has enabled anyone working from a home office to compete globally. Technology has made this possible through [[email]], the [[World Wide Web|World-Wide Web]], [[e-commerce]], [[videoconferencing]], [[remote desktop software]], [[Virtual private network|VPN]], [[VLAN]], [[webinar]] systems, and telephone connections by [[VOIP]]. Due to the increase in small and home offices, web services and standard business software have been created to directly assist smaller businesses in standard business practice <ref>{{cite news |last=DeBaise|first=Colleen|title=Accounting 101: How to Keep Financial Records|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703399204574505840252287928 |publisher=Wall Street Journal|access-date=10 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/24877-billfaster-raises-330k-to |title=Billfaster raises €330k to scale up online accounting globally |date=12 July 2011 |newspaper=Ireland's Technology News Service |first=Carmel |last=Doyle |access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>

In many countries, a home office can be claimed as a tax deduction only if office space and supplies are not provided by a corporate office.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steuertipp Nr. 28|url=https://www.bdo.ch/de-ch/publikationen/fachartikel/nl/steuertipp-nr-28-homeoffice-und-steuern|access-date=2021-04-14|website=www.bdo.ch|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=tagesschau.de|title=Steuererleichterung: Bis zu 600 Euro fürs Homeoffice|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/steuer-homeoffice-pauschale-101.html|access-date=2021-04-14|website=tagesschau.de|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Steuererklärung: Das gilt fürs by:Anathi Sokhetye Homeoffice|url=https://www.ey.com/de_de/tax/steuererklaerung-das-gilt-fuers-homeoffice|access-date=2021-04-14|website=www.ey.com|language=de-DE}}</ref>