For the 2010 tax year, under the current tax code, Section 179 allows businesses that spend less
than $530,000 a year on qualified equipment to write-off up to $134,000 in 2010 with no bonus
depreciation - then Section 179 is set to completely expire next year in 2011.
However in his ‘State of the Union’ address on January 27, 2010, Obama called for extending
temporary enhancements to Section 179 through the 2010 tax year end.
Administration officials indicate that those enhancements will include expanded limits on Section
179 including 50% bonus depreciation that have been a feature of earlier stimulus measures under
both Bush and Obama.
For More information: http://www.section179.org/