Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

Writing Off Vehicles: The 5-Year Tax Secret EXPLAINED! #shorts

16 Aug 2026 · 0 min

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Tommy Dobczyk breaks down two ways to deduct a $100,000 truck: write off the full amount in year one under Section 179, or spread it across five years at roughly $20,000 annually under MACRS. You pick one method, not both.

Liabilities such as machines, those are spread out over time. So if I buy a truck, they only let me to write— they only let me write off, say I buy a truck for $100,000, they make me take $25,000 a year because they'll let— or $20,000 a year because they'll let me write it off for 5 years. I can't write it— I can write it off all in year 1, but then I can't write it off again ever. So I could write off a $100,000 truck, either 100% of it or do 20% of it times 5 years. Does that make sense? On a liability.