Accelerated Investment Incentive for your capital investment in machinery

Introduced in Canada’s 2018 federal fall economic statement, the Accelerated Investment Incentive provides an enhanced capital cost allowance (CCA) on equipment purchases. Full expensing in the first year for manufacturing and processing (M&P) and clean energy equipment purchases was also introduced as part of the Accelerated Investment Incentive. 

How it works

The Accelerated Investment Incentive allows investors to write off a larger share of the costs of newly acquired capital assets in the year the investment is made or the asset becomes available for use. This measure involves:

• A 50% increase in the available CCA deduction for property* acquired after November 20, 2018 that becomes available for use before 2024.
• The suspension of the existing CCA half-year rule in respect of property acquired after 20 November 2018 that becomes available for use before 2028.

This incentive applies to property for which CCA is calculated on a declining-balance basis, as well as for classes of property with straight-line depreciation or classes for which depreciation is based on unit of use. Property that becomes available for use after 2027 is not eligible for the Accelerated Investment Incentive.

* calculated on the net capital cost addition to a class

100%
First-year CCA on M&P machinery and equipment investments

100%
First-year CCA on clean energy equipment investments

Manufacturing and Processing (M&P) Investments

Amendments to the current allowance rules on M&P investments temporarily allow for full expensing of M&P machinery and equipment.

Clean energy investments

Amendments to the current allowance rules on clean energy equipment included in Class 43.1 or 43.2 temporarily allow for full expensing of clean energy equipment.

For more information about the Accelerated Investment Incentive, click here.