Have You Ever Been Able to Depreciate to the Full Amount?
Has anyone actually made enough cash flow to use their property depreciation?
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Natalie Kolodij
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As others have mentioned cash flow and depreciation are completely unrelated.
That's actually the big tax benefit there is you get to deduct something that DIDN'T actually cost you a cash outflow.
You do NEED to depreciate. The IRS has it as allowed or allowable- meaning if you don't depreciate, they'll tax you as though you did when you sell.
When You Hit the 27.5 year mark on your property and have no more depreciation you will show more TAXABLE income on paper, but your cash flow won't change.
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