The qualified business income (QBI) deduction is not a business deduction; it does not appear on Schedule C or any other business tax return. Instead, it is a personal deduction on Form 1040 that is subtracted after reducing adjusted gross income by the standard deduction or itemized deductions.
A statutory term describing the cost used to determine your profit or loss from a sale or exchange of property. It is generally your original cost, increased by capital improvements, and decreased by depreciation, depletion, and other capital write-offs.