Tax Basis - Adjustments To Basis

Adjustments To Basis

The tax basis of an asset subject to cost recovery must be reduced by deductions allowed for such cost recovery. For example, if Joe claimed $25,000 of depreciation deductions on his building, his adjusted basis would be the $90,000 as above less $25,000, or $65,000. Cost recovery deductions may include depreciation, amortization, and deducted losses or declines in value. Some jurisdictions (e.g., Germany) allow a deduction for decline in value of certain assets, which reduces tax basis.

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