Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Bonus Depreciation For 2012


Using Section 179 and/or Bonus Depreciation with an Equipment Lease or Equipment Finance Agreement might be the most profitable decision you make in 2012.
Why? Because the amount you deduct will exceed your cash outlay for 2012 when you combine (i) a properly structured Equipment Lease or Equipment Finance Agreement with (ii) a full Section 179 deduction. It is a bottom-line enhancing tool (plus, you get the new equipment and software you're adding to your business).
Also, the '$179 bonus per $10,000 financed' is available thru 12/31/2012. This means that you (a) get your equipment, vehicles, and/or software now, (b) get to take full advantage of the Section 179 deduction in 2012, and (c) get Section 179 bonus cash as well.


Leasing and Section 179


Did you know that your company can lease equipment and still take full advantage of the Section 179 deduction? In fact, leasing equipment and/or software with the Section 179 deduction in mind is a preferred financial strategy for many businesses, as it can significantly help with not only cash flow, but with profits as well.


The obvious advantage to leasing or financing equipment and/or software and then taking the Section 179 Deduction is the fact that you can deduct the full amount of the equipment and/or software, without paying the full amount this year. The amount you save in taxes can actually exceed the payments, making this a very bottom-line friendly deduction (you are reading this correctly; in many cases, the deduction will actually be profit).

Thursday, September 6, 2012

ELFA May Pull Support


  • ELFA might pull support for lease-accounting project 
    ELFA said it might withdraw support for development activity related to the lease-accounting standard. President and CEO William G. Sutton said the proposal is "fraught with difficulties" in a letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board. "Unfortunately, since we do not believe the Boards have appropriately resolved the question of lessee cost allocation, we are seriously considering withdrawing our support for the issuance of a final standard based upon the tentative conclusions reached in the recent redeliberations," Sutton wrote.
  • Read entire letter on ELFA.org/news