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sockfight-1
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Puzzled by depreciation calculation

I have a business asset that I've been depreciating with TurboTax since 2017. Every year, the amount of depreciation TurboTax calculates has been exactly what I expected... until now. Here are the details TurboTax has in the forms view (form 4562):

  • Asset in-service date: 7/27/17
  • Cost 16,148
  • 100% business use
  • Depreciable basis 16,148
  • Life 7.0
  • Method 200DB/HY

For my 2022 taxes, it reports prior deprecation of 12,545 (as expected) but current depreciation of 1,441 (unexpected).

 

I plugged my parameters into the depreciation calculator here: https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/financial/depreciation-declining-double.php

 

And got these results: 

Year, Depreciation
2017, $2,307
2018, $3,955
2019, $2,825
2020, $2,018
2021, $1,441
2022, $1,029
2023, $735
2024, $263

 

Every year from 2017 to 2021, TurboTax's calculation has exactly matched this web calculator, but this year, it wants to depreciate $1,441 again instead of the expected $1,029. Any idea why?

 

Thank you.

 

P.S. On a related note, saying this asset has a salvage value of zero (i.e. worth nothing after seven years) is incorrect. I'm not sure I was asked to provide a salvage value. Would it be better to continue depreciating it to zero and then report a gain if the day ever comes to sell/dispose of the asset? Or would it be better to somehow 'abort' the depreciation at this point?

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DianeW777
Employee Tax Expert

Puzzled by depreciation calculation

The calculation in TurboTax is correct.  And you would not be asked about a salvage value under our current depreciation system.

  • The rates under 7 Year depreciation are almost exactly the same for year five and six (8.93% and 8.92% respectively).  For this reason the depreciation is exactly what it was for 2021.  

I have placed the chart below for your convenience.

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