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ADA Compliance for Small & Midsize Merchants

ADA - IRS 50% Tax Credit for Small Merchants

ATM owners across the country, including thousands of merchants large and small, must make their ATMs compliant with new federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations. The new regulations will require that older ATMs be upgraded or replaced.

What You Need To Know

ADA compliance is mandatory
The ADA compliance deadline, March 15, 2012, has been reached
Many ATMs will require upgrades or replacements
ATM owners, including merchants who own their ATMs, are each responsible for achieving ADA compliance across their ATM fleets, whether they own one ATM or thousands

ADA Compliance: FAST and EASY

ADA compliance is mandatory, but it doesn’t have to cost you a lot. In fact, qualified merchants could receive heavily discounted ATMs when they choose Cardtronics as their ATM operator.

With Cardtronics as your ATM operator, the benefits add up fast:

Heavily discounted ATM
Fully compliant with the new ADA standards for ATMs
Reliable processing direct from Cardtronics
Increased ATM availability
24/7 customer support
Option for placement or cash assistance programs for appropriate merchants.

You may qualify for a discount. Ask us how! Contact us today!

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Potential Tax Savings for Eligible Small Business - IRS Tax Code Section 44

IRS Section 44 of the Internal Revenue Code states that an eligible small business is entitled to an annual tax credit of up to $5,000 for expenditures incurred to make the business accessible to disabled individuals.
The amount of the disabled access credit is 50 percent of the amount of eligible access expenditures for a year that exceed $250 but do not exceed $10,250.

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An eligible small business is defined as any business or person who elects to claim the disabled access credit and either (1) had gross receipts for the preceding tax year that did not exceed $1 million or (2) had no more than 30 full-time employees during the preceding tax year.

Such expenditures must be reasonable and necessary and paid or incurred:

(1)	for the purpose of removing architectural, communication, physical, or transportation barriers that prevent a business from being accessible to, or usable by, disabled individuals;
(2)	to provide qualified interpreters or other effective methods of making aurally delivered materials available to hearing-impaired individuals;
(3)	to provide qualified readers, taped texts, and other effective methods of making visually delivered materials available to visually impaired individuals;
(4)	to acquire or modify equipment or devices for disabled individuals; or
(5)	to provide other similar services, modifications, materials, or equipment ( Code Sec. 44(c)(2) and Code Sec. 44(c)(3)).

Amounts described under (1), above, that are paid or incurred for new construction first placed in service after November 5, 1990, do not qualify for the credit. (3), (4) and (5) may qualify for the credit.

Download the Internal Revenue Service Disabled Access Credit document in PDF format here.

Please consult your tax advisor for specific details and to determine if your business is eligible for this tax credit.

Helpful Information About ADA Compliance

Download the United States Department of Justice 2010 standards document in PDF format here.

The content of this United States Department of Justice document is not owned or controlled by Cardtronics and Cardtronics makes no statement as to the quality or applicability of the information provided within it.