Question

During 2018, businesses may elect to immediately expense up to $__________ of qualified real property placed in service that year under Section 179

Answer 1

Answer:

$1 million

Explanation:

Section 179 deduction of the IRS code was enacted to help small business owners take depreciation deductions for certain assets ( capital expenditure I.e. the money spent on acquiring and maintaining fixed assets such as buildings and equipments ) in one year rather than continuous depreciation over a long period of time.

The new law increased the maximum deduction from $500,000 to $1 million.

For example: lets say you buy a computer for your office, under section 179 you can deduct the full cost of your computer in one year. This a very okay because the life span of your computer is short