Summary
Emergency Rule 12CER12-01, (Adjustments for Excess Section 179 Expense and Special Bonus Depreciation), provides procedures for taxpayers subject to the adjustments contained in Section 220.13(1)(e), F.S., for I.R.C. section 179 expense in excess of: $250,000 (for tax years beginning in 2010) and $128,000 (for tax years beginning in 2011) and bonus depreciation under I.R.C. sections 167 and 168(k). This emergency rule: (1) provides the additions that taxpayers are required to add back to the amount of the federal deduction claimed under I.R.C. sections 167 and 168(k) for bonus depreciation and under I.R.C. section 179 that exceeds: $250,000 (for tax years beginning in 2010) and $128,000 (for tax years beginning in 2011); (2) provides the subtractions that are available in each of seven tax years beginning with the year an addition is made under Section 220.13(1)(e), F.S.; (3) requires taxpayers to maintain a schedule reflecting all adjustments made under Section 220.13(1)(e), F.S.; (4) provides that these adjustments do not affect the basis of the property; and (5) provides when the subtractions under Section 220.13(1)(e), F.S., and when the deductions allowed under I.R.C. section 179 are not required to be included in a taxpayer’s Florida corporate income tax return.