
Equipment Rental Fleet Bookkeeping: MACRS Depreciation and Section 179
Equipment rental fleets should capitalize purchases as depreciating assets tagged to individual unit IDs, apply MACRS as the default recovery schedule, use Section 179 (up to $2,560,000 in 2026) plus 100% bonus depreciation to front-load deductions, and track time and financial utilization per asset to know which units are actually earning their keep.










