Sherry Miller, ARNP is a medicare enrolled Nurse Practitioner - Family in Mason City, Iowa. She graduated from nursing school in 2015 and has 3 years of diverse experience with area of expertise as Nurse Practitioner.
Major repairs to production equipment should be capitalized. The repair to the asset will extend the useful life of the piece of equipment, which is an allowable reason to capitalize an expense. Companies should be careful, however, to not capitalize the maintenance cost of a piece of equipment.
Improvements to a Business. All repairs, additions and improvements to a property used in connection with a business, or one that produces income, such as a rental, are tax deductible, regardless of whether they are capital improvements. The businessperson must declare the expense as depreciation to recover the cost.