Research
Depreciation Basics
Sales of Assets
Safe Harbor Rules
Depreciation Terms
100

The two research platforms we use

What are Checkpoint and BNA?

100

A non depreciable fixed asset

What is land?

100

Maximum capital loss deduction with no capital gain income

What is $3,000

100

A way to expense certain assets instead of having to capitalize them

What is the de minimis safe harbor election?

100

Category that includes passenger automobiles and other transportation vehicles

What is listed property?

200

Best tool provided to research and compare state tax laws

What is a state chart builder?

200

2022 Bonus Depreciation Percentage

What is 100% 

200

Depreciable asset held longer than one year

What is Section 1231 Asset?

200

Frequency of electing the de minimis safe harbor election

What is annually? 
200

Deduction for MACRS assets with a recovery period of 20 years or less

What is bonus depreciation? IRC 168(k)

300

Where to start research if you know nothing about a tax topic

Google (reputable secondary sources)

300

Depreciation system taxpayers generally must use

What is GDS?

300

Deferral of capital gain on the sale of real property

What is a 1031 Exchange?

300

The limitation imposed on safe harbor items for those WITHOUT an Applicable Financial Statement

What is $2,500?

300

Allows a taxpayer a full deduction for assets purchased, subject to certain limitations

What is Section 179 expense?

400

Helps you with reporting, but not with tax treatment questions

Who are form instructions?

400

Depreciation life of residential rental property

What is 27.5 Years

400
1245 Asset

What is depreciable personal property

400

The limitation imposed on safe harbor items for those WITH an Applicable Financial Statement

What is $5,000?

400

Commercial property improvements made to the interior of the building

What is QIP?

500

Falls as the highest authority for tax law sources

What is the US Constitution?

500

The most common amortization code section we deal with

What is Section 197?

500

Ordinary income on the sale of an asset

What is depreciation recapture?

500

Must be in effect at the beginning of the tax year to utilize the safe harbor election

What is a written accounting procedure?

500

The convention used for nonresidential real property and residential rental property

What is the mid-month convention?