For those of you who say I can use it as a write off, so you're going to use straight line depreciation? And get out of 5 year note, you'll be able to apply 90% of the annual depreciation cost of the vehicle which on a $45,000 truck would be about 8200 a year in tax credits, but that's if the IRS doesn't think you didn't use the vehicle for personal use. If so you could lose up to 75% of that credit. Back to the depreciation. So that year you paid about 9500 in payments, insurance, and taxes on the vehicle.
But if you had bought a $10,000 truck, put 400 a month in the bank every month for maintenance you'd end up spending about 14800 for the year, and 4800 every year there after if you keep up the maintenance deposits. Plus probably only $75 for taxes, and probably lower insurance. But lets look at the mileage tax credit you'd be able to apply to that $10,000 truck. If you keep good records, and where able to prove you used that vehicle for 25,000 miles you'd be able to apply $13,000 towards your taxes.
Doesn't make much sense to me to buy a brand new truck, or heck even one that cost more than $10,000.
I drive a 12 year old durango with 290,000 miles, she paid for herself the first year I bought it in mileage tax credits.
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