This is a tricky question because whether you take depreciation or not, when you sell the vehicle, the IRS REQUIRES you to "Recapture" the depreciation you took, 'OR COULD HAVE TAKEN" regardless if you took it or not.
If you use the Standard Mileage Method, you will not use Form 4562 for depreciation. (as stated earlier, depreciation is built-in the standard mileage rate)
If you need to figure the depreciation "Equivalent", you need to manually multiply the business miles per year by the "Depreciation equivalent" of each rte. This is only a factor when you sell the vehicle.
It would be impossible to list the Business vehicle in TurboTax and NOT have the program generate Form 4562 (Depreciation) unless you use Standard Mileage.
When you use Form 4562 for depreciation the depreciation (as an expense) stops when the life of the asset ends. So depreciation on a vehicle with a 5 year life would stop after the fifth year in service.
When you use the standard mileage rate, the rate never stops to include the "Depreciation Equivalent".
If this does not answer your inquiry, perhaps knowing WHY you don't want to claim depreciation would help us better answer you.
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