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States Decoupling From Bonus Depreciation, 2025 | HelloBooks Which states add back federal 100% bonus depreciation on 2025 returns, how each one does it, and the department source for every row.

Comparison · bonus depreciation

States that do not follow 100% bonus depreciation

Federal bonus depreciation is back at 100%, but many states never followed bonus at all and others added new limits. Here is what each state we checked says.

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Comparison · bonus depreciation

States listed

10 verified

Federal rule
100% bonus, permanent
Common fix
Add-back, then recover
Source
Each state’s revenue site

Applies: Tax years 2025 and 2026From IRS.gov · checked October 10, 2026

State by state

Only states whose revenue department we read are listed.

  • North Carolina: add back 85% for 2025, then deduct 20% a year for five years from 2026.
  • New York: separate depreciation schedule for 168(k) property on Form IT-398 (CT-399 for corporations); also decoupled from the qualified production property write-off.
  • Oregon: disallows bonus depreciation from tax year 2026 under SB 1507, subject to a referendum petition.
  • Pennsylvania: does not follow federal bonus depreciation.
  • South Carolina: specifically does not adopt the 2025 section 168(k) changes.
  • Tennessee (excise tax): stays on the TCJA phase-down, 40% for 2025 assets and 20% for 2026, with the excess added back on Schedule J.
  • Virginia: bonus depreciation remains an existing exception; also deconforms from 168(n) and the higher section 179 limits.
  • Wisconsin: does not follow any bonus depreciation enacted after January 1, 2014, but does follow federal section 179.
  • Rhode Island: decouples from the higher section 179 limits and the 174A expensing for 2025.
  • Nebraska: rolling conformity; the DOR expects the federal expensing changes to reduce Nebraska tax for pass-through owners.

What this means for your files

Every add-back state needs a second fixed asset ledger, or at least a state column, so the later recovery deductions are not lost. Set it up when the asset is bought rather than reconstructing it in five years.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does a state add-back cost the client the deduction permanently?
Usually not. North Carolina and Tennessee, for example, let the added-back amount be deducted in later years.

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