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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…

Scholarship winner Landon Abrar

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…

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Charitable Flying

Having been involved in the general aviation industry for over two decades, I have always recognized the positive contribution our industry provides to society.  Whether it is natural disasters, transporting veterans and ordinary folks needing medical treatments, or pets that need rescued or relocated, pilots and aircraft owners, fixed base operators, and numerous other stakeholders in…