Re: [AFMUG] Depreciation Recapture

2022-02-22 Thread Mark Radabaugh
That’s not exactly what that long IRS document says. You CAN elect to create a de minimis safe harbor of $2500 if you want to for tax purposes, but don’t confuse your tax books with your management books.If you are only looking at the books and depreciation for tax purposes you are lying t

Re: [AFMUG] Depreciation Recapture

2022-02-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Anything under $2500 is an expense, so sayeth the IRS (subject to one minor hoop)... https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/tangible-property-final-regulations On Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 2:36 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Do you guys expense SMs as you go or call them asset

Re: [AFMUG] Depreciation Recapture

2022-02-21 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
, February 21, 2022 6:08 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Depreciation Recapture They are treated as assets and depreciated on a 60 month schedule. At one time it was 36 months, then 48, and now 60.Depreciation is entered monthly. By depreciation recapture I’m

Re: [AFMUG] Depreciation Recapture

2022-02-21 Thread Mark Radabaugh
I think you have that backwards. By writing them off each year if you sell you will have to bring that money back as it wasn’t truly an expense - those radios still have value and you will end up owing the taxes. Mark > On Feb 21, 2022, at 6:10 PM, Jesse DuPont > wrote: > > We treat them

Re: [AFMUG] Depreciation Recapture

2022-02-21 Thread Mark Radabaugh
They are treated as assets and depreciated on a 60 month schedule. At one time it was 36 months, then 48, and now 60.Depreciation is entered monthly. By depreciation recapture I’m assuming you are referring to clearing up the deferred taxes that you created by taking advantage of accelerat

Re: [AFMUG] Depreciation Recapture

2022-02-21 Thread Jesse DuPont
We treat them as assets throughout the year so we can have a better sense of EBITDA, but our accountant pushes them all to "Supplies" at the end of the year since they're not truly assets by GAAP standards and then we won't have recapture down the road, if that ev

[AFMUG] Depreciation Recapture

2022-02-21 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Do you guys expense SMs as you go or call them assets and do a mass depreciation each year? I know we had to reverse a bunch of depreciation when we sold the wisp. Depreciation Recapture. Bunch of crap if you have never heard of it before and were not expecting it. -- AF mailing list AF@a