Car-Truck Worksheet - Depreciation Method error message "line 72 must be straight line if standard mileage was used in a prior year"

[JessSBFP]

I'm trying to use the 200DB depreciation method but am getting the error that "line 72 must be straight line if standard mileage was used in a prior year."

This was a new vehicle in 2023 and used 200DB depreciation on the tax return. Standard mileage was not used, actual expenses were. I'm not sure why this error is coming up. Any idea how to fix this without doing an override?

[Terry53029]

If you used actual expenses in first year you started using car for business then you have to use actual expenses for all future years. from pub 463.

Standard mileage rate not allowed. 

You can’t use the standard mileage rate if you:

• Use five or more cars at the same time (such as in fleet operations);

• Claimed a depreciation deduction for the car using any method other than straight line for the car’s estimated useful life;

• Used the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) (as discussed later under Depreciation Deduction);

• Claimed a section 179 deduction (discussed later) on the car;

• Claimed the special depreciation allowance on the car; or

• Claimed actual car expenses after 1997 for a car you leased.

[IRonMaN]

Did the standard mileage rate create a larger expense than actual expenses so the system ran with standard mileage without you realizing it?

If it is a real glitch in the system, rather than what I mentioned above, you can always delete the asset and then enter the vehicle information in a new asset entry worksheet.