What expense category do accountants use on Schedule C when expensing items that should be depreciated?

November 21, 2009

Many accountants routinely expense things that should technically be depreciated, but because the amount is low - I've heard anything under 0, expense, under 00 expense. Because the depreciation category is no longer being used for these furniture, computer, and other items, what Sked C category is or should be used? Supplies? Office expense? Miscellaneous (then you'd need to break it out and admit it really should have been depreciated). ???
PS - My understanding is the accountants in question are NOT using Section 179 - because that still requires the completion of depreciation schedules - they are just expensing it in regular expense categories to save time. My question, to clarify, is whay expenses categories are they using OTHER THAN depreciation?

2 Responses to “What expense category do accountants use on Schedule C when expensing items that should be depreciated?”

  1. Section 179 allows you to fully depreciation a lower priced item in the year of its purchase.

    What is considered immaterial depends on the business. Reems of paper are immaterial for a CPA firm, but are part of the final product for a newspaper producer.

    NEW INFO:

    What expense categories that are putting them in all depends on the items you purchased.

    Here is a link to Schedule C:

    http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sc.pdf

    Part II shows the main categories that regular expenses go under. If your CPA is putting higher priced, more important purchases directly in this section to save time, I think it’s time to find a new CPA

  2. There are 2 reasons why certain purchases are not being depreciated. The first is that it is being fully depreciated as a Section 179 deduction. The second is that the purchase is immaterial and is being expensed.

    The materiality limit is usually decided by the business.

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