A holiday tradition for many businesses is to send gifts to valued clients or customers. Before you buy that expensive bottle of Dom Perignon, you should understand what amount is deductible per the tax code.
The deductible limit on business gifts is $25 a year to any one individual. Gifts made to family members of the client are also considered gifts to the client. In addition, you cannot exceed the limit by having your spouse make a gift to the same client—even if your spouse has a separate business relationship with the client.
A few incidental expenses that you can deduct beyond the $25 include the costs of engraving, wrapping, insuring and mailing the gifts. You are allowed to deduct the cost of promotional gift items, such as pens, desk sets or calendars, on which your name is imprinted. However, that cost can be no more than $4 each.
So, if you buy a client a gift that costs $25, spend $10 to wrap and mail it, and then give the same client a $4 calendar with your company’s name on it, you will be eligible to deduct a total of $39, as a business expense on your tax return.
For additional information, please see Publication 463 at www.irs.gov or contact Henssler Financial at 770-429-9166 or experts@henssler.com.
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