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Landscaping taxes, built around your season
Landscaping money arrives in a rush and leaves slowly. Equipment is expensive, crews change with the season, and the winter months are when the filings come due and the cash is not there.
What I watch for
Equipment and depreciation
Mowers, trailers, skid steers and trucks are among the largest deductions available to you, and there are provisions that let you accelerate much of that deduction into the year of purchase. Timing a purchase against a strong year is one of the few genuine levers you have.
Trucks, fuel and mileage
Vehicle deductions are a common audit trigger precisely because so many people take them carelessly. Contemporaneous mileage records and a clean split between business and personal use are what make the deduction survive a question.
Seasonal crew
Whether your crew is on payroll or contracted changes your obligations substantially. Misclassifying workers is one of the more expensive errors in this trade, and it typically surfaces through a state unemployment audit rather than the IRS.
Cash flow across the off-season
Estimated payments fall due in months when you have no revenue. Planning for that in September rather than January is the difference between a manageable bill and a payment plan.
Materials, disposal and subcontractors
Mulch, stone, dumping fees and subcontracted work each get categorized differently. Consistent categories are what let you see which jobs actually made money.
If your books are a shoebox and a bank app, that is fine. Most landscapers I take on start exactly there.
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