Should a Business Owner Depreciate Their Car or Take a Mileage Deduction?
Release Date: 06/10/2019
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Should you depreciate the value of your vehicle, or take a mileage deduction? Which is best? Justin looks at both options and explains how each is applied, as well as the pros and cons of each, and a few exceptions to the rule.
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TRANSCRIPT/BLOG: BLOG: Standard Mileage vs. Actual Expenses - Which is Better?
TIME INDEX:
00:58 - Should a Business Owner Depreciate Their Car or Take a Mileage Deduction?
01:21 - Standard Mileage Rate vs. Actual Expense Method
03:04 - Standard Mileage Rate
04:12 - 5 Things That You Can’t Do
05:01 - Actual Expense Method
06:03 - Can You Switch Between These Methods?
06:49 - Which is Best For You
08:15 - Guidelines to Choose The Method For Writing Off Business Expenses
11:35 - One Caveat
11:58 - Sign Off
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Justin A. Goodbread, CFP®, CEPA, CVGA, is a nationally recognized financial planner, business educator, wealth manager, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He has 20+ years of experience teaching small business owners how to start, buy, grow, and sell businesses. He is a multi-year recipient of the Investopedia Top 100 Advisor and 2018 Exit Planning Institute’s Exit Planner Leader of the Year.
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