All good things must come to an end. On December 31, 2022, one of the best tax deductions ever for businesses will begin to phase out: 100 percent bonus depreciation. Since late 2017, businesses have used bonus depreciation to deduct 100 percent of the cost of most...
Okay, so you took the big Section 179 expensing deduction on your vehicle. How do you keep it? You might wonder: What do we mean by “keep it”? In tax law, there’s no free lunch. The Section 179 deduction comes with “recapture strings” attached. When you claim your...
How do you avoid losing money by making the wrong choice? You may not have considered the choices you have for deducting the assets that you buy for your business. Example To create some perspective, let’s say you have seven employees who now work at least two...
What tax effect would death, retirement, or disability have on you or your business? Here’s an easy example to illustrate. Let’s say that in 2017, you purchased for business use a pickup truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 6,000 pounds. Asserting...
Your year-end tax planning doesn’t have to be hard. Outlined below are four strategies that will increase your tax deductions or reduce your taxable income so that Uncle Sam gets less of your 2018 cash. Prepaying your 2019 expenses right now reduces your taxes this...
