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Vehicle depreciation

Last year when May tax accountants did depreciation for a cargo van that a purchased on 2023, she added the cost amount wrong $45,846, while checking the dealer paperwork I noticed the total cash price was 59950 , depreciation deduction for 2023 was 6,549  with the 7 years depreciation scheduled. It  should have been 8,564 with the right price. 
I need advice-for this year should I put the correct price amount ? and if there is any way to correct 2023 cost amount.

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Vanessa A
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Vehicle depreciation

In order to correct the depreciation on your vehicle, you would need to Amend Your Return from 2023.  Was there a reason for the $14,000 deduction?  I would check with her to be sure that there wasn't prior to making the correction.

 

Additionally, a van is depreciated over 5 years not 7 years so the deprecation would be higher than the $8,564 if you are using the straight-line method. 

 

5-year property.

  • Automobiles, taxis, buses, and trucks.
  • Any qualified technological equipment.
  • Office machinery (such as typewriters, calculators, and copiers).
  • Any property used in research and experimentation.
  • Breeding cattle and dairy cattle.
  • Appliances, carpets, furniture, etc., used in a residential rental real estate activity.
  • Certain geothermal, solar, and wind energy property.
  • Any machinery equipment (other than any grain bin, cotton ginning asset, fence, or other land improvement) used in a farming business and placed in service after 2017, in tax years ending after 2017. The original use of the property must begin with you after 2017.

7-year property.

  • Office furniture and fixtures (such as desks, files, and safes).
  • Used agricultural machinery and equipment placed in service after 2017, grain bins, cotton ginning assets, or fences used in a farming business (but no other land improvements).
  • Railroad track.
  • Any property that does not have a class life and has not been designated by law as being in any other class.
  • Certain motorsports entertainment complex property (defined later).
  • Any natural gas gathering line placed in service after April 11, 2005. See Natural gas gathering line and electric transmission property, later.
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Vehicle depreciation

Thanks for the advance, There wasn’t a reason, it was a mistake. Now I know there are 2 errors, I don’t know why she didn’t for 7 years.

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