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In 2008, if a car with a fair market value in excess of $18,500 is leased ($19,000 for trucks and vans), you must add back an additional amount (i.e., subtract it from your otherwise deductible amount) to offset a portion of the lease payments. This rule was enacted to prevent individuals from avoiding the luxury car depreciation limits that apply to purchased vehicles. The amounts that must be added into your income are called "inclusion amounts" and are taken from a price-based table issued annually by the IRS. inclusion amount tables for trucks leased in 2008 inclusion amount tables for cars leased in 2008 inclusion amount tables for trucks leased in 2007 inclusion amount tables for cars leased in 2007 inclusion amount tables for trucks leased in 2006 inclusion amount tables for cars leased in 2006 inclusion amount tables for trucks leased in 2005 inclusion amount tables for cars leased in 2005 inclusion amount tables for trucks leased in 2004 inclusion amount tables for cars leased in 2004 Some files are in Adobe portable document format (PDF), which requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available, without charge, at the Adobe website. Other files are in rich text format (RTF) that is suitable for use with most word processing programs used in the Windows environment. For more information, see our discussion of deducting vehicle lease payments. |