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Rules govern Sec. 179 and depreciation changes in PATH Act

By Sally P. Schreiber, J.D.

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The IRS issued guidance for taxpayers to take advantage of a number of tax provisions that had been extended or amended by the Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015, Division Q of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, P.L. 114-113 (Rev. Proc. 2017-33).

The procedure provides guidance for applying the revised rules for:

  • Sec. 179, including how to make the Sec. 179 election on an amended return, the type of air conditioning and heating units that qualify as Sec. 179 property, and the treatment of qualified real property as Sec. 179 property;
  • Bonus depreciation, including the extended placed-in-service dates, the phasedown of the bonus depreciation property after 2017, and what fruit and nut plants are eligible for bonus depreciation; and
  • The revised depreciation recovery period for Indian reservation property, including the election out of accelerated depreciation for that property.

This procedure obsoletes Rev. Proc. 2008-54 for tax years beginning after 2014 and was effective April 20, 2017.