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vehicle depreciation

Martin D — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:19:20 GMT

My vehicle depreciation was set up on my TT 2019 return. For 2020 it auto transferred to the car and truck expense worksheet. Showing $11,039 depreciation. My schedule C shows $0. Every thing else looks right. This is only year 2 for this vehicle. How do I get the depreciation to show on Schedule C?

Re: vehicle depreciation

JeffreyR77 — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:59:04 GMT

TurboTax is showing $11,039 in depreciation was deducted in 2019. You can verify by looking at your 2019 tax return and Form 4562 will show the amount of either Section 179 depreciation (line 7 or 12) or Special Depreciation (Page 2, Part V, Line 25) that was claimed for your vehicle. The program believes the asset was 100% depreciated with accelerated depreciation available last year.

If there is still basis (value) for this vehicle that can be depreciated, you may need to add a second asset in the 2020 program and with the remaining basis and depreciate it using regular MACRS..

Re: vehicle depreciation

dfsheeba — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:52:35 GMT

This reply may be too late for you, but I too had my depreciation $0 on my car for it's 4th year. I tracked it down to the car and truck expenses worksheet and line 36a Economic Stimulus was checked 'Yes' for qualified property. I changed it to 'No' and I got my depreciation.