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Section 280F Luxury Auto Depreciation Limits: The SUV Loophole and How to Maximize Your Business Vehicle Write-Off

Section 280F caps first-year depreciation on passenger autos at $20,300 in 2026, but SUVs and trucks rated above 6,000 lbs GVWR escape those limits and can combine a $32,000 Section 179 deduction with 100% bonus depreciation. A practical guide to the 2026 numbers, the heavy-vehicle and pickup carve-outs, the 50% business-use cliff, and the mileage-log standards an IRS auditor expects.

Section 530 Safe Harbor: How Small Businesses Can Defend Worker Classifications

Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978 eliminates back federal employment taxes on misclassified contractors when small businesses pass three tests — reporting consistency, substantive consistency, and reasonable basis. Revenue Procedure 2025-10 updated the rules in January 2025, the first major change in 40 years.

Independent Contractor Misclassification: The 2024 DOL Six-Factor Test and How to Stay Compliant

Total exposure per misclassified worker now commonly lands between $15,000 and $100,000 once federal back taxes, FLSA back wages with liquidated damages, and state penalties stack. Here is what the 2024 DOL final rule changed, how the IRS and state ABC tests differ, and how Section 530 and the VCSP can cap retroactive liability.