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    corp owner and his new car

    client is 70% owner and president of S corp.
    buys new car (30K) in his personal name to get lower
    interest rate. how can i maximize the deductions.
    can he lease the car to the corp then claim auto exps via
    form 2106? corp gets lease exp deduction and owner/employee(W-2)
    gets actuals plus depreciation(will claim 80% business use). another case of
    wanting to have their cake and deduct it too.
    just need to point me in the right direction to, as i said "maximize deductions".
    thanks for all responses.

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    no depreciation

    If he is leasing the car to the corporation, his 2106 deductions are limited to actual unreimbursed expenses of operating the car (gasoline). 20% personal use must be added to W-2. He reports the lease income on line 21 since he does not have a trade or business of leasing vehicles. Ownership expenses (license, interest, etc.), allowed on Schedule A, 2% limit, only to the extent of income, and no depreciation.

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