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There isn't any "best way".  If it is an improvement, you depreciate.  If it is a repair, you expense.
There isn't any "best way".  If it is an improvement, you depreciate.  If it is a repair, you expense.
Repairs & Improvements are NOT interchangeable terms.
A repair is not restricted to "less than 2% of unadjusted basis".
An Improvement will depreciated using MACRS (assuming the property is on US soil), using the appropriate convention.
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