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It depends on whether you bought them for breeding or to sell. If for breeding, you depreciate them over 7 years*. If for resale, your cost becomes your inventory and is not deducted until you sell each dog. Then the cost is deducted as COGS (cost of goods sold). TurboTax can handle all this.
* "Depreciate any dogs you keep for breeding purposes. According to IRS MACRS rules (Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System), breeding dogs are seven-year property. This means that you depreciate them over the course of seven years." Reference: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/depreciate-dog-kennel-business-24675.html
If you bought some dogs but have never done anything with them then you bought non deductible pets.
has your business actually started? if not, nothing would be deductible
in a court case
IRS pointed out the taxpayer did not formally advertise the business to the general public and did not do anything to try to find paying clients. IRS said the taxpayer did not establish the business was actually functioning in the year claimed
even if you started your business certain pre-opening expenses are subject to IRC 195 - start up expenses
(1)Start-up expenditures
The term “start-up expenditure” means any amount—
(A)paid or incurred in connection with—
(i)investigating the creation or acquisition of an active trade or business, or
(ii)creating an active trade or business, or
(iii)any activity engaged in for profit and for the production of income before the day on which the active trade or business begins, in anticipation of such activity becoming an active trade or business, and
once begun then you can deduct the following amount of start up expenses
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