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Business Use Depreciation is Larger than Difference between Purchase and Sale Price

s33 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:49:58 GMT

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.

Re: Business Use Depreciation is Larger than Difference between Purchase and Sale Price

Anonymous_ — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 01:55:54 GMT

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

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

Re: Business Use Depreciation is Larger than Difference between Purchase and Sale Price

s33 — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 02:28:25 GMT

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