Bonus Depreciation Program

100 Percent Bonus Depreciation Program: The New Tax Advantage for Yacht Buyers

 

In July, 2025, the President of the United States signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) into law, restoring 100 percent bonus depreciation for qualifying business assets, including superyachts and private jets.

Would you like to deploy capital, receive up to a 100% depreciation/write-off, and realize exclusive indirect benefits?

Do you currently have a tax strategy that allows you to operate a business year-round on a superyacht?

Does your tax strategy allow you to vacation with your family and friends on a superyacht for a month or more out of the year?

Would you like to hear how other people are taking advantage of this?

How the tax incentive works: Qualifying buyers can expense the entire cost of a yacht in the first year it is placed into business use. This means owners can deduct the full purchase price from their taxable income for that year. Consultation with our recommended yacht lawyers and tax attorneys can advise you regarding regulatory compliance.

John Francis International has assembled a team of respected professionals from the superyacht industry that will create and maintain your program:

John McCaughey of John Francis International is the yacht buyer’s representative and broker in the yacht’s purchase. https://johnfrancisinternational.com

Michael Reardon of Reardon Yacht Consulting will orchestrate the full management of your vessel, ensuring the program meets regulatory compliance and the requirements of your expressed objectives. https://reardonyacht.com/

Robert Allen of Robert Allen Law will provide legal assistance with yacht purchases, sales, financing, chartering, taxation, and bonus depreciation coordination and oversight. Robert Allen Law - Robert Allen Law

Zack and Greta Hamric of Azul Marine Lending will facilitate yacht financing solutions inclusive of individuals and LLCs for both personal use and charter. azulmarinefinance.com/#/home

Daphne D’Offay of Ocean Independence Charter Management will provide the yacht’s charter management and the complex aspects of administration. Charter Management - Ocean Independence

Mare Kidd of Ocean Independence Charter Brokers will facilitate the calendar of charter bookings. mare@ocyachts.com

The yacht listings on our website are newly constructed or existing brokerage vessels that are, with exception to M/Y Spirit, domestically-built, either currently chartering or upon which a charter program can be established. These yachts and others are available for a limited time, as interest in bonus depreciation is accelerating.

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We can provide upon request 5 years of financial accounting for a 2003, 130-foot charter vessel. As this accounting illustrates, a vessel of this age and size has an annual operating budget range between $2 million and $2.6 million. This vessel typically charters for $120,000 per week, of which approximately $96,000 is net to the yacht’s owner. A minimal goal of 12 weeks of charter would offset operating costs by approximately $1,152,000 ($96,000 x 12).