Section 179 Changes Under "Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes" Act

By Larry Gearhardt, OSU Extension Tax School Director

On December 18, 2015, Congress passed and the President signed into law an agreement on tax extenders and numerous other tax provisions in the “Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) of 2015” (the Act). Tax extenders are the 50+ tax provisions that are routinely extended by Congress on a one- or two-year basis. The Act makes permanent many of the individual and business extenders. Some of the more pertinent provisions are as follows:

Section 179 Expense Deduction