Additional Notecards 2 Flashcards
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If the individual actively participates in rental activity
can offset up to 25,000 of income that is not from passive activities by losses or credits from rental real estate
“passive activity” includes:
any rental activity without recard as to whether or not the taxpayer materially participates in the activity
The rule limiting the deuctibility of passive activity losses and credits applies to
Personal service corporations
MACRS is
mandator for most depreciable property placed in service after 1986
Recovery property elects to depreciate:
under a method not expressed in terms of years
Personal property and depreciation
Treated as placed in service or disposed of at the midpoit of the taxable year
A midquarter convetion must be used if more than:
40% of all personal property is placed in service during the last quarter of the taxpayer’s taxable year
Real property and depreciation
Is treated as placed in service or disposed of in the middle of a month, result in a half-month of depreciation for the month disposed of or placed in service
Bonus (additional first-year) depreciation
Equal to 50% of the adjusted basis of qualified property is available for qualifying property acquired after December 31, 2007
Qualified property includes new MACRS property with a recovery period of 20 years or less
Lesehold improvements made by a lessee
recoverd over the MACRS period of the underlying property without regard to the lease term
Section 179 expense election
A taxpayer may annually elect to treat the cost of qualifying depreciable property as an expense rather than a capital expenditure
maximm cost that can be annually epensed is $500,000
If automobile is not used more than 50% for business use =>
MACRS is limited to straight-line depreciation over five years
Business start up costs
Deductible in the year paid or incurred if the taxpayer is currently in a similar line of business as the start-up business
Sec. 197 intangible assets
Most acquired intangible assets are to be amortized over a 15 year period beginning with the month in which the intangible is acquired
QPAI is equal to:
excess of DPGR over the sum of the cost of goods sold allocable to such receipts, and other expenes and deductions allocable to such receipts
DPAD
9% of lesser of taxable income or taxable income
*limited to 50% of W-2 wages paid
When sec 179 expense is limited to taxable income:
rest of 500,000 can be carried forward
depreciable personal property
half-year treatment
depreciable real property
mid year treatment
remibursed employee business expenses: makes an adequate accounting
The reimburseemnts are excluded from gross income and expenses are not deductible
Reimbursed employee business expenses: does not make an adequate accounting
Total amount of reimbursement is included in the employee’s gross income and the related expenses are deductible subject to 50% meals and 2% of AGI floor
Rental of vacation home
Amount deductible =
No. of days rented / total days used
x total expenses
= amount deductible
If used as personal residence:
personal use exceeds greater of 14 days
or 10% of number of days rented
Any medical insurance premiums not deductible under the rules:
are deductible as an itemized medical expense deduction from AGI