100% bonus depreciation was allowed for qualified property placed in service between September 27, 2017, and December 31, 2022, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Following a phase-down period, 100% bonus depreciation was reinstated and made permanent for property acquired and placed in service after January 19, 2025, by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
The OBBB brought back 100% bonus depreciation, starting in tax year 2025. It also made the provision a permanent part of the tax code. Qualified property acquired and placed into service after January 19, 2025, may now be eligible for 100% bonus depreciation.
100% bonus depreciation qualifies for tangible business assets with a Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) recovery period of 20 years or less, including machinery, equipment, furniture, vehicles, software, and qualified real property improvements, provided the original use starts with the taxpayer and it's acquired and placed in service after January 19, 2025, under the new One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB). Specific rules also apply to used property and qualified production property, allowing immediate write-offs for many capital investments.
Yes, 100% bonus depreciation is back for eligible property acquired and placed in service after January 19, 2025, thanks to the "One, Big, Beautiful Bill" (OBBB) Act, which permanently reinstated it, reversing the phase-out schedule that would have reduced it to 40% for 2025 under prior law. This allows businesses to deduct the full cost of new equipment, machinery, and other qualified assets in the first year, significantly impacting tax planning.
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today issued Notice 2026-11 PDF that provides taxpayers with guidance on the permanent 100% additional first year depreciation deduction for eligible depreciable property acquired after Jan. 19, 2025, provided by the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.
Yes, many individual provisions of the Trump-era Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) from 2017 are set to expire at the end of 2025, reverting tax law to pre-2017 levels unless Congress acts, with key changes including the standard deduction, SALT deduction cap, and estate tax rules set to change, although legislation like the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA) has since extended some of these cuts into the future, changing the original expiration cliff.
Among the many provisions introduced in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the return of 100% bonus depreciation stands out as one of the most highly anticipated by taxpayers and tax professionals alike, and for good reason. 100% bonus depreciation is now permanently enacted as of January 20, 2025.
If the individual tax cuts expire, taxpayers in all income groups would face higher and more complicated taxes. Machinery and equipment expensing is a key provision that, if allowed to expire, would especially harm capital-intensive industries like manufacturing.
The big plus is timing. Instead of recovering an asset's cost over multiple years, bonus depreciation lets you deduct a large share—now 100% for many assets—in the year the property is placed in service, accelerating deductions and typically improving after-tax cash flow.
If the vehicle weighs more than 6,000 pounds and is used more than 50% for business, you can write off up to $28,900 in the first year, and potentially even more with bonus depreciation. Let's break it down: Buy a qualifying vehicle for $60,000, and you could write off a large portion of that cost in year one.
Only vehicles with a GVWR over 6,000 lbs qualify for 100% bonus depreciation without luxury auto limits.
Limited circumstances for stand-alone 179 benefits.
The Section 179 expense limit and phase-out threshold ($2,560,000 and $4,090,000, respectively, for 2026) are now permanent parts of the tax code that are adjusted annually for inflation.
15-year property can be either Section 1245 or Section 1250 property. However, it is usually Section 1250 if attached to the land.
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the 2025 tax reform into law as P.L. 119-21, Republicans' “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Among its most impactful provisions is the permanent restoration of 100% bonus depreciation, offering long-term clarity for tax planning and capital investment strategies.
High-Income Taxpayers Paid the Majority of Federal Income Taxes. In 2022, the bottom half of taxpayers earned 11.5 percent of total AGI and paid 3 percent of all federal individual income taxes. The top 1 percent earned 22.4 percent of total AGI and paid 40.4 percent of all federal income taxes.
The 2025 Federal Tax Debate
Much like the 2017 tax law, the new law favors the richest taxpayers. More than 70 percent of the net tax cuts will go to the richest fifth of Americans in 2026, only 10 percent will go to the middle fifth of Americans, and less than 1 percent will go to the poorest fifth.
You can't entirely avoid taxes on a bonus, but you can significantly lower the amount by contributing to tax-advantaged accounts (401(k), IRA, HSA), deferring the bonus to a year you expect to be in a lower tax bracket, or making charitable donations, thereby reducing your taxable income or increasing deductions at tax time.
Example: Calculating car depreciation
You started using your car for business on January 1, 2022. The car costs you $30,000, and you use it for business 60% of the time. This means the part of the car's cost you can depreciate is: $30,000 × 60% = $18,000.
Bonuses under $1 million are typically taxed at a flat rate of 22%. Example: If you receive a bonus of $20,000, the flat federal tax rate of 22% would amount to $4,400. If you receive a bonus above $1 million, you'd pay the 22% rate on the first million. Beyond that, the rate jumps to 37%.
At the end of 2025, the individual portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expire all at once. Without congressional action, 62 percent of filers could soon face a tax increase relative to current policy in 2026. At the same time, the price tag for extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts is in the trillions.
The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act significantly affects federal taxes, credits and deductions. It was signed into law on July 4, 2025, as Public Law 119-21, and takes effect in 2025.