Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Full bonus depreciation is slated to return under a provision in the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee’s portion of the massive budget reconciliation package. The committee is set to consider the tax portion today. This follows House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approval of its part of the package, including an additional $12.5 billion for air traffic control and an elimination of green energy incentives, on April 30.
Under the Ways and Means package, taxpayers would be permitted to immediately expense 100% of qualified property, including business aircraft, that is acquired on or after Jan. 20, 2025, and before Jan. 1, 2030. Current law has been phasing out bonus depreciation, with a 40% deduction allowance for property this year, going down to 20% next year.
The measure is among several business incentives included in the package coming under consideration. Another provision would permit the immediate deduction of domestic research or experimental expenses incurred after Dec. 31, 2024, and before Jan. 1, 2030. Currently, domestic research and experimental expenses must be deducted over five years. This measure provides rules coordinating the deduction with the research credit and clarifying foreign research and experimental expenses.
Further, the bill would modify and expand upon certain business interest expense deductions.

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House Ways and Means Committee To Consider Bonus Depreciation Extension

Bonus depreciation included in Ways & Means portion of budget reconciliation

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee is set to consider a bonus depreciation extension as part of its portion of the budget reconciliation package.

House Lawmakers To Consider Bonus Depreciation Extension

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