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February 15, 2020
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Converting person truck to business

  • February 15, 2020
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Can someone walk me through converting truck from personal to partial business use?  10,000 truck bought in 2018.  In 2019 started single member LLC for landscaping part time while still working elsewhere.  

Thank you

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Best answer by linette

Client needs a mileage log to prove business use.

Start there.

If he is driving at all for business those miles will accumulate and you will probably find mileage is the higher deduction anyway so not tracking actual expenses doesn't really matter.

If taxpayer will do the work you can actually do the calcuation, but taxpayer needs to track all expenses of that vehicle.

Then you enter mileage figures total and business, and all the expenses and let the program calcuate which is higher deduction.

 

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IRonMaN
Level 15
February 15, 2020

It gets transferred into the business at the lower of cost or fair market value.

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linetteAnswer
Level 6
February 15, 2020

Client needs a mileage log to prove business use.

Start there.

If he is driving at all for business those miles will accumulate and you will probably find mileage is the higher deduction anyway so not tracking actual expenses doesn't really matter.

If taxpayer will do the work you can actually do the calcuation, but taxpayer needs to track all expenses of that vehicle.

Then you enter mileage figures total and business, and all the expenses and let the program calcuate which is higher deduction.

 

Intuit Community Champion
February 15, 2020

are saying the truck weighs 10000 lbs, or cost $10000 ? If 10000 lbs it is treated for tax purposes as transportation equipment. So, they qualify for 100% first-year bonus depreciation and Sec. 179 expensing if used over 50% for business.

sjrcpa
Level 15
February 15, 2020

Section 179 is not allowed for property that has been converted from personal use.

I'm not sure about bonus depreciation.

The more I know the more I don’t know.