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Are businesses entitled to any tax benefit to help pay for the cost of compliance? [1]

As amended in 1990, the Internal Revenue Code allows a deduction of up to $15,000 per year for expenses associated with the removal of qualified architectural and transportation barriers.

The 1990 amendment also permits eligible small businesses to receive a tax credit for certain costs of compliance with the ADA. An eligible small business is one whose gross receipts do not exceed $1,000,000 or whose workforce does not consist of more than 30 full-time workers. Qualifying businesses may claim a credit of up to 50 percent of eligible access expenditures that exceed $250 but do not exceed $10,250. Examples of eligible access expenditures include the necessary and reasonable costs of removing architectural, physical, communications, and transportation barriers; providing readers, interpreters, and other auxiliary aids; and acquiring or modifying equipment or devices.


For additional information, take a look at the following resources:

FAQ: What funding assistance is available for removing barriers and accommodating customers with disabilities? [2]

ADA Quick Tips: Tax Incentives Factsheet [3]


Source URL: https://adata.org/faq/are-businesses-entitled-any-tax-benefit-help-pay-cost-compliance

Links:
[1] https://adata.org/faq/are-businesses-entitled-any-tax-benefit-help-pay-cost-compliance
[2] https://adata.org/faq/what-funding-assistance-available-removing-barriers-and-accommodating-customers-disabilities
[3] https://adata.org/factsheet/quicktips-tax