Car Lease tax write off for LLP?

[IRdoc]

Will be making partner in the near future, transitioning from a W2 employee to K1 as a LLP.

Just curious if there is a potential tax write off of the lease payment on a new car, how much, how to effectively use the tax code?

Thank

[jfoxcpacfp]

IRdoc wrote:

Will be making partner in the near future, transitioning from a W2 employee to K1 as a LLP.

Just curious if there is a potential tax write off of the lease payment on a new car, how much, how to effectively use the tax code?

Thank

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Only for business use. Cannot w/o for commuting expenses.

[pulmdoc]

Only the practice can deduct a car lease as a business expense if you are in a partnership. If you are in solo practice/independent contractor, you can only deduct the portion that the car is used to travel between business sites, e.g. between clinic and hospital. If the physician travels home->clinic->hospital->home in a day, the home->clinic and hospital->home legs would not be deductible.

[Thorg12]

So if there are 8 partners. Instead of distributing the money to the partners the business can give them cars and the business can write it off?

[jfoxcpacfp]

Thorg12 wrote:

So if there are 8 partners. Instead of distributing the money to the partners the business can give them cars and the business can write it off?

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No, just like the business can't pay for the partners' grocery bills. The threshold for deducting business expenses is ordinary and necessary.