Business Startup Cost Deduction Calculator
Estimate the first-year deduction for start-up and organizational costs and the amount amortized over 180 months.
The $5,000 and $50,000 amounts are statutory and are not inflation-adjusted.
Estimate
$5,150.00
- Start-up amount deducted this year
- $5,150.00
- Organizational amount deducted this year
- $0.00
- Amount left to amortize
- $2,850.00
- This estimate is calculated in your browser and is not sent to a server.
- The $5,000 immediate deduction is reduced once costs pass $50,000. The rest is amortized over 180 months.
Limits of this estimate
- A sole proprietor does not deduct organizational costs here.
- Expanding an existing business is not treated as a new start.
- This is educational information, not tax, legal, or accounting advice, and it does not file a return.