IRS updates business-interest limitation FAQs | OmniTax

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Editorial state: Current snapshot

Last checked: 2026-08-20

Next review: 2026-08-27

Editorial owner: U.S. tax research reviewer

Supersession: No supersession recorded

Primary source: IRS newsroom release IR-2026-94.

Publication date shown by the IRS: 19 August 2026.

The release references updated FAQ fact sheet FS-2026-14.

FAQs support research but do not replace current authority and professional tax review.

Primary source: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-updates-faqs-about-the-limitation-on-the-deduction-for-business-interest-expense