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Can you depreciate trees, shrubs and gardens in a newly developed shopping mall and office building?

August 31st, 2005 by admin

lisamarie198503 asked:


A development company finished contruction on a new shopping mall and office building. To make the place look more appealing, they did substantial landscaping including planting trees, shrubs and gardens. Can depreciation deductions be claimed on any of the items aboce, IF SO, what is the depreciable life?

How do I kill grass under my landscaping?

August 26th, 2005 by admin

Anna V asked:


Okay so this is what happen. Someone told me that if I throw soil on top of my grass that my grass will die and won’t grow anymore. Well that didn’t happen! My back yard is big! I did 40yrds worth of landscaping and now grass is growing thru all my landscaping! How can I get rid of the grass underneth my landscaping w/ out digging up all my plants and garden soil? I’m soo stressed out and just don’t know what to do anymore.

How do I start a lawn care business?

August 11th, 2005 by admin

habaceeba asked:


I would like to start a lawn care business from the bottom. What equipment will I need? What will startup costs be? What are some unique options for advertising? Any advice is welcome.

My friends and I started up a landscaping business last summer, what legal issues should we be worried about?

August 3rd, 2005 by admin

nick b asked:


We started a “landscaping” company called the Odd Job Squad last summer where we do just about any odd job for people and we have gotten fairly well known throughout a couple of towns by word of mouth and handing out hundreds of flyers. We have been making enough money now (about $15,000 a summer between 3 people) and have become well known enough that we are thinking about registering our company. What does this entail and what could doing this save us from legally (IRS, working liabilities, etc.)? Thanks!