jrze
Level 3

179 deprecation- use by another business?

My husband owns a business (online sales) which purchased a vehicle in 2017 and depreciated it under section 179.  Due to Covid, the business has contracted and I am going to working for another business as a contract employee.  I will be driving that vehicle to the office.  I am concerned about having business use go below 50% and having to recapture depreciation.  Any ideas to get around this?  Does the business use need to be by the original business that purchased the vehicle or can it be by my business?   I have no ownership interest in his business.  Should I have the company that I will be working for pay my husband's business and then I would be paid by my husband's business and the vehicle usage would still be business use?   I would be working as a legal assistant type position.  Could I pay his business for the use of the vehicle for driving to the office?  Just trying to figure some workaround so we do not have to recapture depreciation