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Check out this article from tom Copeland http://tomcopelandblog.com/ how-to-treat-land-improvements What do the following items have in common: outdoor fence, patio, driveway, sidewalk/walkway, underground sprinkler system, cement slab, sewer line, septic tank, underground swimming pool, and a well?
They are all considered land improvements that you can deduct as a business expense.
A land improvement is something that is attached to your land, costs more than $2,500, increases the value of the land and has a separate useful life apart from the land.
You must depreciate land improvements over 15 years. If you use the item 100% for your business you can depreciate 100% of the cost. If it’s used for both business and personal purposes, multiply the cost by your Time-Space Percentage before depreciating. If your actual business use percent is much greater than your Time-Space Percentage, you can use the actual business use percent before depreciating it. See my article “How to Calculate an Actual Business Use Percent.”
They are all considered land improvements that you can deduct as a business expense.
A land improvement is something that is attached to your land, costs more than $2,500, increases the value of the land and has a separate useful life apart from the land.
You must depreciate land improvements over 15 years. If you use the item 100% for your business you can depreciate 100% of the cost. If it’s used for both business and personal purposes, multiply the cost by your Time-Space Percentage before depreciating. If your actual business use percent is much greater than your Time-Space Percentage, you can use the actual business use percent before depreciating it. See my article “How to Calculate an Actual Business Use Percent.”