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Bonus Depreciation Calculator
Under current law, 100% bonus depreciation is permanent for qualifying short-life property. Enter your values to estimate the year-one deduction and tax savings.
Your Qualifying Assets
Total value of 5-year, 7-year, and 15-year property identified by a cost segregation study, or any qualified improvement property.
Current law: 100% permanent for property placed in service after Jan 20, 2025.
Tax Rates
Your Results
Year-1 Deduction
Estimated Year-1 Tax Savings
$210,000
Bonus vs. Straight-Line (Year 1)
Bonus depreciation pulls years of future deductions into year one. The remaining basis still depreciates over its normal life. Time-value of money makes the year-one acceleration more valuable than the headline equivalence suggests.
Next Steps
Understand the Full Strategy
Bonus Depreciation Guide
The mechanics, qualifying property, and when bonus creates trapped losses.
Cost Segregation Guide
The prerequisite strategy — how engineers identify short-life assets.
Cost Segregation Calculator
Estimate the short-life allocation and tax savings based on purchase price and asset class.
Informational purposes only.Illustrative estimates. Actual tax savings depend on the specific short-life assets identified in a cost segregation study, the investor's ability to use losses (REPS, passive income, or active offset), state treatment (some states do not conform to federal bonus depreciation), and recapture on eventual sale. Consult a CPA.
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