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Increase your current business deductions under tangible property safe harbors
March 9, 2026
Categories: Adaptation Test, Betterment Test, Business Deductions, Restoration Test, Safe Harbor
Did your business make repairs to tangible property, such as buildings, equipment or vehicles, in 2025? Such costs may be fully deductible on your 2025 income tax return — if they weren’t actually for “improvements” that must be depreciated over a period of years. Betterment, restoration or adaptation In general, a cost that results in an improvement to a building structure or any of its building systems (for example, the plumbing or electrical system) or to other tangible


