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<blockquote data-quote="OklaBrangusBreeder" data-source="post: 900120" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>Well, I am a tax professional with a Masters Degree in Taxation. I hope I don't bore you with the details...</p><p></p><p>* IRS Revenue Procedure 87-56, paragraph 01.1 defines Farm Machinery and Equipment to have a 7 year class life for purposes of tax depreciation calculations.</p><p></p><p>* Internal Revenue Code Section 168 prescribes that the seven year life be applied using the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System which is a 200% Double Declining Balance method using a half year convention. That would mean a schedule as follows:</p><p>Year 1 - 14.29% of the cost of the asset is allowed as a deduction in year 1.</p><p>Year 2 - 24.49%</p><p>Year 3 - 17.49%</p><p>Year 4 - 12.49%</p><p>Year 5 - 8.93%</p><p>Year 6 - 8.92%</p><p>Year 7 - 8.93%</p><p>Year 8 - 4.46%</p><p>(Note that it takes 8 years to depreciate a 7 year asset since the rates above only allow a part year deduction in the year of acquistion.</p><p></p><p>* Internal Revenue Code Sec 168(j) provides shorter lives yet for those of us who live in areas know as "Indian Reservation Property". Since much of Oklahoma (including where my farm lies) meets the IRS definition of Indian Reservation Property, I get to use a 4-year depreciable life on my equipment purchases.</p><p></p><p>* Internal Revenue Code Sec 168(k) includes temporary provisions which allow rapid expensing of new equipment purchases under what is know as "bonus depreciation" rules. In 2011, you could take a 100% deduction of qualified new equipment purchases. In 2012, that bonus depreciation rate drops to 50% with the balance of the cost recoverable under the 168/168(j) provisions mentioned above.</p><p></p><p>* Internal Revenue Code Sec 179 also allows for current year expensing of certain equipment purchases. For 2011, that Section can apply on the deduction of a maximum of $500,000 of costs, subject to certain limitations. Starting in 2012, that $500,000 is reduced by $25,000 per year until the maximum deduction reaches $250,000.</p><p></p><p>Of course, the rules above are the law as it stands today. This area of taxation has been very fluid in recent years and can change depending on the laws passed by Congress. </p><p></p><p>Hope that answers your questions....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OklaBrangusBreeder, post: 900120, member: 2672"] Well, I am a tax professional with a Masters Degree in Taxation. I hope I don't bore you with the details... * IRS Revenue Procedure 87-56, paragraph 01.1 defines Farm Machinery and Equipment to have a 7 year class life for purposes of tax depreciation calculations. * Internal Revenue Code Section 168 prescribes that the seven year life be applied using the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System which is a 200% Double Declining Balance method using a half year convention. That would mean a schedule as follows: Year 1 - 14.29% of the cost of the asset is allowed as a deduction in year 1. Year 2 - 24.49% Year 3 - 17.49% Year 4 - 12.49% Year 5 - 8.93% Year 6 - 8.92% Year 7 - 8.93% Year 8 - 4.46% (Note that it takes 8 years to depreciate a 7 year asset since the rates above only allow a part year deduction in the year of acquistion. * Internal Revenue Code Sec 168(j) provides shorter lives yet for those of us who live in areas know as "Indian Reservation Property". Since much of Oklahoma (including where my farm lies) meets the IRS definition of Indian Reservation Property, I get to use a 4-year depreciable life on my equipment purchases. * Internal Revenue Code Sec 168(k) includes temporary provisions which allow rapid expensing of new equipment purchases under what is know as "bonus depreciation" rules. In 2011, you could take a 100% deduction of qualified new equipment purchases. In 2012, that bonus depreciation rate drops to 50% with the balance of the cost recoverable under the 168/168(j) provisions mentioned above. * Internal Revenue Code Sec 179 also allows for current year expensing of certain equipment purchases. For 2011, that Section can apply on the deduction of a maximum of $500,000 of costs, subject to certain limitations. Starting in 2012, that $500,000 is reduced by $25,000 per year until the maximum deduction reaches $250,000. Of course, the rules above are the law as it stands today. This area of taxation has been very fluid in recent years and can change depending on the laws passed by Congress. Hope that answers your questions.... [/QUOTE]
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