AmyC
Expert Alumni

Deductions & credits

It depends:

  • Livestock held for sale can be part of your inventory. 
  • Livestock for draft, breeding or dairy purposes can be inventory or can be depreciated. 
  • If you are breeding livestock, it is inventory.

Inventory can be entered with the cost of good sold while assets are depreciated.

Take a look at Publication 225, Farmer's Tax Guide and determine which rules apply to your livestock and how they need to be treated.

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