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Section 179 Expensing Election
US-179-EXPENSE · United States (Federal)
Summary
Election to expense (deduct immediately) qualifying business property in the year of purchase instead of depreciating over time. Applies to equipment, machinery, qualified off-the-shelf software, qualified improvement property (QIP), and other Section 179 property. Subject to annual limit and phase-down based on total property placed in service. Form 4562.
Benefit
- Percentage
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- Flat
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- Duration
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- Max annual
- — (taxpayer)
- Max total
- — (taxpayer)
- Carryforward
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Program metadata
- Distribution
- taxpayer_earned
- Claimant subject
- business
- Refund/transfer election
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- Program family
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- Effective
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- Sunset
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- Application deadline
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- Transfer discount
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Hard requirements (1)
- local_approval_requiredFederal claim-on-return credit. No agency pre-approval gate — the taxpayer claims the credit on their return based on satisfying the statutory eligibility criteria (qualified activity, qualified expenditures, qualified employees, etc.). User attests via the securedApprovals chip group on /match that they have determined the underlying §-criteria are met. Without attestation this rule defaults to "unknown" → status="partial" instead of vacuously "eligible".
Preference / tiering rules (0)
None.
NAICS industries (0)
Any.
Geo zones (0)
Statewide / none specified.
Tags (3)
- filing_form: Form 4562 (Depreciation and Amortization)
- is_election: true
- eligible_property: Equipment, machinery, qualified off-the-shelf software, qualified improvement property (QIP)
Tax bases
- corporate_income_taxprimary
Approval requirements (1)
- requiredUS IRS — self-attestation that qualifying activity meets statutory criteria — Self-attestation: confirm the qualifying activity meets the statutory eligibility criteria for this §-code credit. Tax preparer / CPA verification recommended.
Source
IRC §179; Form 4562 (Depreciation and Amortization)
Last verified: 2026-04-22