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Prepaid Farm Expenses, Jeffrey E. Tranel
Prepaid Farm Expenses, Jeffrey E. Tranel
Rural Tax Education
Farmers and ranchers often pay for feed, supplies, fertilizer, and other inputs in one year and use those items in the following year. They may do so to pay lower prices, guarantee availability, for planning purposes, and/or other reasons.
The Internal Revenue Code allows qualified farmers and ranchers (farm-related taxpayers) to deduct the costs of such purchases in the year that the purchases are made rather than the year in which such items are used. Generally, the deduction for pre-paid farm supplies is limited to 50% of other deductible farm expenses (all schedule F deductions except supplies) for the year.
What Are Deductible Business Expenses?, Dennis Kauppila
What Are Deductible Business Expenses?, Dennis Kauppila
Rural Tax Education
Farmers (and all business owners) pay income taxes based on profit. So, it is important to claim ALL legitimate business expenses to not overstate profits. On the other hand, it is illegal to deduct expenses that are not legitimate business expenses.