Courtney MoellerIron Horse Energy Funds Manager

How to save $90k on taxes! #oilandgas #investmentstrategy

Name: How to save $90k on taxes! #oilandgas #investmentstrategy
Uploaded: 2025-04-02T23:15:00+00:00
Duration: 49 s
Channel: Courtney Moeller
Description: Courtney Moeller (YouTube) explains how investing in oil and gas can produce large first-year tax deductions and a permanent depletion allowance. Using a…

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Courtney Moeller (YouTube) explains how investing in oil and gas can produce large first-year tax deductions and a permanent depletion allowance. Using a $100,000 working-interest example, she says investors may receive $75,000–$90,000 in first-year tax deductions (reducing taxable income and potentially saving roughly $30,000 depending on tax bracket). She also states oil and gas investments offer a 15% depletion allowance (15% of well revenue tax-free for life of the well) and claims this helps investors accumulate capital faster than real estate alone.

Questions this video answers

$75,000 to $90,000 in first-year tax deductions.

15% depletion allowance (15% of well revenue tax-free for the life of the well).

About $30,000 not paid to the IRS (example, depends on tax bracket).

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How can oil and gas help you write off more taxes? You can write off almost all of your investment in the first year against your active income, like W2 income, your wages, business income. It can even offset passive income and capital gains. Let's say you invest $100,000 into an oil and gas working interest opportunity. You might get $75,000 to $90,000 in first year tax deductions. That's money that you don't have to pay taxes on. Depending on your tax bracket, that translates 30 grand that you aren't paying the IRS. Oil and gas also offers a 15% depletion allowance, meaning a portion of the revenue from these wells is tax free for the life of the well, 15% of it. This is why savvy investors use oil and gas to stack capital faster than real estate alone.