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If you'd like to rent office furniture, contact us at 888-AFR-RENT. For more information on the GSA schedule click here. Tables, Dividers, & PanelsIn an effort to stimulate the economy by encouraging businesses to buy new assets, Congress approved special depreciation and expensing rules for property acquired in 2016. Special Bonus Depreciation and Enhanced Expensing for 2016 Because business assets such as computers, copy machines and other equipment wear out, you are allowed to write off (or "depreciate") part of the cost of those assets over a period of time. These tips offer guidelines on depreciating small business assets for the best tax advantage. An asset is property you acquire to help produce income for your business. For tax purposes, there are six categories of non-real estate assets. Each has a designated number of years over which assets in that category can be depreciated. Here are the most common: Land is not depreciable (it doesn't wear out), but land improvements such as roads, sidewalks or landscaping written off over periods of 10, 15 or 20 years depending on the specific nature of the asset.
: When you use and software to prepare your business tax return, we do the math for you. All you do is answer a few simple questions about each asset. There are three primary methods you can use to depreciate your business assets: It's the simplest method but also the slowest, so it's rarely used. You buy a copy machine for $1,600 at the end of March. Assuming the machine has a salvage value of $400, you can depreciate $1,200 of the cost over the life of the copier. A copy machine is considered 5-year property for tax purposes. Under the normal rules, using the straight-line method, you can take the following deductions in the first three years: $1,200 / 5 x 75%* The 75% calculation represents the "half-year convention" for assets not in service the entire year. The previous 50% bonus depreciation is available for qualified property placed in service through 2017. The bonus depreciation percentage is 50 percent for property placed in service through 2017 and phases down, with 40 percent in 2018, and 30 percent in 2019.
This method is the one most commonly used by small businesses. It lets you take a larger deduction in the first few years and a smaller write-off later. In the tax world, the most common accelerated method is called MACRS (Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System). You don’t have to take salvage into account, as you do with straight line, and you generally use what’s called the "half-year convention," which means that the deduction that would otherwise be allowed for the first year is halved, regardless of what month you started using the asset in your business. (Exception: if you acquired more than 40% of your assets in the last three months of the year, you would use the "midquarter convention," meaning that all the assets acquired in each quarter would be depreciated starting at the midpoint of that quarter.) MACRS depreciation starts off at 200% of the straight-line depreciation rate and then switches over to the straight-line method for the remaining depreciable balance at the most opportune time to maximize your write-offs.
Here’s how it works under the normal rules: Say your business bought $2,000 worth of office furniture and started using it May 1. Office furniture falls into the 7-year category. The first three years of MACRS depreciation deductions would be: $2,000 / 7 x 200% x 50%* ($2,000 - $286) / 7 x 200% ($2,000 - $776) / 7 x 200% *The 50% calculation represents the "half-year convention." TurboTax Tip: Although most business owners choose accelerated depreciation, it may not be prudent to take the biggest deductions in the first years that you are in business. Assuming that you will earn more income as the business grows, you may want to use the straight-line method, which may give you the best long-term tax benefit. NOTE: If you choose the straight-line method to depreciate an asset, you cannot switch to MACRS later. However, you may use a different method for assets acquired in subsequent years. Section 179 Expense Deduction It's a dry name for a deduction (taken from a line in the Internal Revenue Code) but it allows you to deduct the entire cost (subject to certain limitations) of an asset in the year you acquire and start using it for business.
Here are the rules and limitations: The asset must be tangible personal property, including software (not real estate). It must be used in a trade or business (property used in a rental activity is generally not eligible). You must take the deduction in the year you start using the asset. The decision to use Section 179 must be made in the year the asset is put to use for business. The deduction cannot be more than your earned income (net business income and wages) for the year. The maximum Section 179 deduction is $500,000. If your total acquisitions are greater than $2,000,000 the maximum deduction begins to be phased out. If the business is an S corporation, partnership or multi-member LLC, it cannot pass the Section 179 deduction on to shareholders, partners or members unless the business has income. The individual must also have earned income to take the deduction. NOTE: TurboTax walks you through the Section 179 deduction for applicable assets, and handles the calculations, too.