I am confused by your response. My example was under the expenses supplies list by catalogue I have $5000 for the year total. I want to amortize over 5 years the $5000. Under the expenses supplies for 2023 do I put in the real $5000 total and then in the "election to amortize startup costs expenditure amount must be entered" I put $1000 which will tell it I want to spend the $5000 over 5 years or do I divide the 5000/5 and input $1000 for the 2023 and then for "election to amortize startup costs expenditure amount must be entered" I say $1000 again. Then I assume I do this again each year for the next 4 years and include an extra in $1000 of expenses. It reads like you are saying I did it wrong and should be putting in the $5000 expanse supplies and this "election to amortize startup costs expenditure amount must be entered" is telling the Fed I want to divide the 5000/1000 to get 5 years amortized costs. Is this what you were trying to say? Think about it that make sense, but is it right?
