Use the Section 179 deduction to decrease your 2012 tax payments and increase cash for your other needs!
Acquire capital Dental equipment in 2012, and you are most likely able to deduct up to $500,000! Capital leases qualify for a tax deduction for the year they are placed in service.
EFFECTIVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31st
If you intend to purchase real property or equipment, you can take advantage of this huge saving before the end of the year.
Here’s the summary:
Section 179 allows a taxpayer to elect to deduct the cost of certain types of property on their income taxes as an expense, rather than requiring the cost of the property to be capitalized and depreciated. This property is generally limited to tangible, depreciable, personal property which is acquired by purchase for use in the active conduct of a trade or business. Buildings were not eligible for section 179 deductions prior to the passage of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010; however, now qualified real property may be deducted.
§ 179(b)(3) provides that a taxpayer’s § 179 deduction for any taxable year may not exceed the taxpayer’s aggregate income from the active conduct of trade or business by the taxpayer for that year If, for example, the taxpayer’s net trade or business income from active conduct of trade or business was $72,500 in 2011, then the taxpayer’s § 179 deduction cannot exceed $72,500 for 2012. However, the § 179 deduction not allowed for any year because of this limitation can be carried over to the next year.
