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January 16, 2023
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Business Use Depreciation is Larger than Difference between Purchase and Sale Price

  • January 16, 2023
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I sold a vehicle used in rideshare and the accumulated standard depreciation is more than the difference between purchase and the sale price.  Bought for $21,900 in 2018 , sold for $3,400 in 2022. Accumulated mileage based depreciation is $46,000 over 5 years from 2018 till 2022.  % business use varied each year from 70% to 90% except for 2022, which was 27% till it was sold in mid-January. How do I account for the fact that claimed depreciation is greater than actual depreciation.  

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    Level 15
    January 16, 2023

    See https://www.irs.gov/publications/p463#en_US_2021_publink1000298667

     

    Are you computing the depreciation using the table in the link?

    s33Author
    Level 2
    January 16, 2023

    Yes, business mileage for each year times the depreciation allowance per mile.