During 2014, William purchases the following capital assets for use in his catering business:

New passenger automobile (September 30)	$44,800
Baking equipment (June 30)	13,440

Assume that William decides to use the election to expense on the baking equipment but not on the automobile (which has a 5-year recovery period), and he also uses the MACRS accelerated method to calculate depreciation. Assume he has adequate taxable income. Click here to access the depreciation table and click here to access the annual automobile depreciation limitations.

Calculate William's maximum depreciation deduction for 2014, assuming he uses the automobile 100 percent in his business.