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Can my small business legally deduct the cost of purchasing hardware wallets and security keys as routine business expenses on our federal taxes?

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries10/31/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Can my small business legally deduct the cost of purchasing hardware wallets and security keys as routine business expenses on our federal taxes?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
IRS ordinary and necessary business expenses section 162 hardware equipment de minimis safe harbor $2500 tangible property regulationsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
IRS tangible property regulations de minimis safe harbor $2500 invoice item small businessGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
IRS Publication 535 business expenses equipment depreciation security devicesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (3)
Short factOther / navigational33%ComparisonConsequenceReason67%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
IRS ordinary and necessary business expenses section 162 hardware equipment de minimis safe harbor $2500 tangible property regulations Google ↗
IRS tangible property regulations de minimis safe harbor $2500 invoice item small business Google ↗
IRS Publication 535 business expenses equipment depreciation security devices Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
IRS ordinary and necessary business expenses section 162 hardware equipment de minimis safe harbor $2500 tangible property regulations
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
IRS tangible property regulations de minimis safe harbor $2500 invoice item small business
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
IRS Publication 535 business expenses equipment depreciation security devices
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1