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The Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations Tuesday regarding the provision of the 2017 tax overhaul that limits the deduction for business interest expenses, including basic statutory amendments made by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
For tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017, business interest expense deductions are generally limited to the sum of:
- the taxpayer's business interest income;
- 30% (or 50%, as applicable) of the taxpayer's adjusted taxable income; and
- the taxpayer's floor plan financing interest expense.
"The business interest expense deduction limitation does not apply to certain small businesses whose gross receipts are $26 million or less, electing real property trades or businesses, electing farming businesses, and certain regulated public utilities," the IRS explains. "The $26 million gross receipts threshold applies for the 2020 tax year and will be adjusted annually for inflation."
