Tax advantages of using a sport utility vehicle, pickup or van with a gross vehicle weight rating GVWR) above 6,000 pounds for business include:

a. Availability of the Section 179 deduction and bonus depreciation for the business use percentage of the business of the vehicle's cost

b. Claiming the vehicle as the business owner's home and then taking an office in the home deduction for the vehicle.

c. Exemption from the business usage record keeping requirements that apply to garden variety passenger automobiles.

d. Exemption from the federal gasoline tax.