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Tax Deduction Section 179
Tax Deduction Section 179


 


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To see what your tax deduction is for the purchase of machinery.
What is the Section 179 Deduction
Most people think the Section 179 deduction is some mysterious or complicated tax code.
It really isn’t, as you will see below.
Essentially, Section 179 of the IRS tax code allows
businesses to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment and/or software
purchased or financed during the tax year. That means that if you buy (or lease) a piece of
qualifying equipment, you can deduct the FULL PURCHASE PRICE from your gross income.
It’s an incentive created by the U.S. government to encourage businesses to buy equipment
and invest in themselves.
Several years ago, Section 179 was often referred to as the
“SUV Tax Loophole” or the “Hummer Deduction” because many businesses have used this
tax code to write off the purchase of qualifying vehicles at the time (like SUV’s and Hummers).
But that particular benefit of Section 179 has been severely reduced in recent years
(see
Vehicles & Section 179 for current limits on business vehicles.)

However, despite the SUV deduction being lessened, Section 179 is more beneficial to small businesses
than ever. Today, Section 179 is one of the few government incentives available to small businesses,
and has been included in many of the recent Stimulus Acts and Congressional Tax Bills. Although large
businesses also benefit from Section 179 or Bonus Depreciation, the original target of this legislation was
much-needed tax relief for small businesses – and millions of small businesses are actually taking action
and getting real benefits.
Here’s How Section 179 works:
In years past, when your business bought qualifying equipment, it typically wrote it off a little at a time through
depreciation. In other words, if your company spends $50,000 on a machine, it gets to write off (say) $10,000
a year for five years (these numbers are only meant to give you an example).
Now, while it’s true that this is better
than no write-off at all, most business owners would really prefer to write off the entire equipment purchase price
for the year they buy it.
And that’s exactly what Section 179 does – it allows your business to write off the entire purchase price of qualifying
equipment for the current tax year.
This has made a big difference for many companies (and the economy in general.) Businesses have used Section 179 to purchase needed equipment right now, instead of waiting. For most small businesses, the entire cost of qualifying equipment can be written-off on the 2022 tax return (up to $1,080,000).

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