On November 4, 2018, Blue Company acquired an asset (27.5-year residential real property) for $200,000 for use in its business. In 2018 and 2019, respectively, Blue deducted $642 and $3,128 of cost recovery. These amounts were incorrect; Blue applied the wrong percentages (ie., those for 39 year rather than 27.5 year assets). Blue should have taken $910 and $7,272 cost recovery in 2018 and 2019, respectively. On January 1, 2020, the asset was sold for $180,000, If required, round all computations to the nearest dollar. Click here to access the depreciation tables in the texthook. a. The adjusted basis of the asset at the end of 2019 is b. The cost recovery deduction for 2020 is C. The loss V on the sale of the asset in 2020 is Peectuck FCheck Vy Wrk Taxpayers may write oft the cost of certain assets that are used in a trade or business or held for the production of income, A write-off may take the form of depreciation (or cost recovery), depletion, or amortization. Assets used in a trade or business or for the production of income are eligible for cost recovery if they are subject to wear and tear, decay or decine from natural causes, or obsolescence.