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Maximizing Efficiency and Tax Savings with General Aviation and Bonus Depreciation
The Common Business Travel ChallengePicture this: You leave home on a Sunday afternoon, drive over an hour to a major airport, and arrive two hours early for your commercial flight. After a layover and a connecting flight, you finally reach your destination late Sunday evening, exhausted, for a two-hour business meeting on Monday at 11:00…
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Capture 100% Bonus Depreciation
December 31, 2025 is the Last Day to Place a Business Aircraft in Service toCapture 100% Bonus Depreciation. On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law comprehensive tax-and-spending legislation that the White House dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,”reinstating 100% bonus depreciation for qualified business aircraft acquisitionsretroactive to January 20, 2025. 100% bonus…
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Why 2025 Might Be the Right Time to Upgrade Your 2024 Aircraft
For aircraft owners who took delivery in 2024 and claimed bonus depreciation, significant tax savings are already in motion. However, with 2025 currently offering 100% bonus depreciation, there’s an opportunity to further enhance those benefits by considering an upgrade. Selling an aircraft that was depreciated using bonus depreciation triggers depreciation recapture, which is taxed as…
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100% Bonus Depreciation Available for Qualified Acquisition
Purchasing a business aircraft in 2025 can generate tremendous income tax savings. Congress recently passed legislation known informally as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” restoring full 100% bonus depreciation retroactive to January 20, 2025, as part of a broader tax reform agenda. Bonus depreciation is available to taxpayers meeting the requirements outlined in the Internal…
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100% bonus depreciation is made permanent and retroactive for aircraft acquisitions on or after January 20, 2025
The President will sign the big beautiful tax bill on July 4th. 100% bonus depreciation is made permanent and retroactive for aircraft acquisitions on or after January 20, 2025. This is a permanent change to the tax code and there is no sunset or reduction of bonus depreciation in future years. There is another tax…
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Timing the purchase of a business aircraft
The most frequently asked questions lately revolve around the return of 100% bonus depreciation and “timing” the purchase of a business aircraft based on pending tax legislations. For companies that utilize a corporate aircraft for business travels in order to improve productivity and provide better work life balance for key employees – I believe delaying…
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60% Bonus Depreciation for 2025 Aircraft Deliveries:
Place Order by December 31, 2024 Bonus depreciation is scheduled to phase down to forty percent on January 1, 2025. However, if certain conditions are met, the tax code allows 60% bonus depreciation to be taken on 2025 aircraft deliveries. With income tax rates expected to increase, you should consider placing an aircraft order by…
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Closing before September 30 to maximize tax depreciation in 2024
With 100% or 80% bonus depreciation in effect since 2017, mid-quarter convention has not been a relevant topic for tax planning discussions. With bonus depreciation for 2024 acquisition at 60%, it’s a good time to revisit this tax provision that can result in a loss of income tax deductions in 2024. Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System…
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Landon Abrar
We are happy to announce the first recipient of the EAA Aviation Tax Consultants Fred McCarter Scholarship! Originally from Los Angeles, California, Landon Abrar is a devoted first-year San Jose State University student pursuing a degree in Aviation Management. Upon arriving at college, he dedicated himself to getting involved in the aviation community at SKSU and…