Buying Equipment to Reduce Taxes: Calculate the Cash Cost First
Evaluate the business return, deduction timing, financing, and exit consequences before approving a year-end purchase.
TOPIC COLLECTION
Capital spending
A focused reading path from The Profit Planning Journal. Start with the question closest to your situation, then review the linked sources and documentation steps.
Ordered in December, Installed in January: Which Year Gets the Deduction?
A readiness checklist for assets whose purchase date and operating date straddle year-end.
Repair or Improvement? Build the Project File Before the Contractor Leaves
The scope, condition, invoices, and photographs that make a property expenditure easier to analyze.
Accelerated Depreciation Today, Loan Payments Tomorrow: Model the Later Years
Look beyond the first-year deduction when financing equipment the business will use for years.
Lease or Buy the Machine? Compare the Same Operating Need on Both Sides
Normalize quotes, maintenance, flexibility, financing, and tax assumptions before choosing.
Equipment Trade-In: Request the Gross Numbers Behind the Net Check
Document the old asset, new asset, dealer allowance, financing, and actual cash before closing the books.
A Major Software Implementation: Forecast More Than the Subscription Price
Separate licenses, configuration, data work, training, and disruption before estimating the tax and cash impact.