Top 3 Tax Year 2022 Topics to Consider with your CPA 

With the tax filing season fast approaching, here are 3 significant items impacting Manufacturers for the 2022 tax year that you should discuss with your CPA before filing.

1. R&D Expenses Now Need to be Amortized
1. Old: Companies could deduct R&D expense as incurred
2. New: Required to capitalize R&D expenses (5 years for domestic expenses and 15 years for foreign expenses) and utilize a half year convention (similar to how fixed assets are depreciated for tax purposes)
3. Why it matters: Slower payback/benefit of R&D expenditures and potential increase to taxable income. For example, if a company had $500,000 of R&D expenses in 2021 and 2022, the company would be able to fully deduct the $500,000 in 2021 while in 2022, the allowable deduction would be $50,000 ($500,000/5 * 6/12). That would be a net increase to taxable income of $450,000 from 2021 to 2022.
4. 2022 Ends 100% Bonus Depreciation
2. 2022 Ends 100% Bonus Depreciation
   1. Old: TJCA extended bonus (accelerated) depreciation through 2022
   2. New: Starting in 2023, Bonus amounts decrease by 20% over the next 5 years. After 2026, bonus depreciation will no longer be allowed unless Congress extends it.
   3. Why it matters: Less depreciation expense will be available to offset income in future years
3. Business Interest Expense Deduction Now Further Limited
   1. Old: Depreciation/Amortization/Depletion expense addback allowed in calculation of adjusted taxable income
   2. New: Depreciation/Amortization/Depletion is no longer an addback
   3. Why it matters: With depreciation no longer included in the computation of adjusted taxable income, this means that a much smaller portion of the company’s business interest expense will be deductible in 2022 versus in 2021, with all other things remaining constant.

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