AmyC
Expert Alumni

Self employed

Filing a Sch C for your business, the IRS knows there are up and down years. Here is what you need to do:

  • keep copies of any assets you are depreciating, like your car for when you start again.
  • trash the business for 2024 since you have nothing to report
  • when you start again, you will enter your vehicle and other assets using the depreciation schedules - same dates and dollars as used before.

Always keep a copy of your return for your records, we only hold them a a little while vs what the IRS requires of a business owner. 

See Recordkeeping  and Self-employed individuals tax center

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