Firm J purchased a depreciable business asset for $66,500. Assuming the firm uses the half-year convention, compute its first-year MACRS depreciation if the asset is: Use Table 7-1 and Table 7:2 (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) a. A land irrigation system. b. Duplicating equipment. c. An oceangoing barge d. Small manufacturing tools MACRS Depreciation A land irrigation system b. Duplicating equipment c. An oceangoing barge d. Small manufacturing tools TABLE 71 Recovery Periods for Tangible Business Assets MACRS Recovery Period Assets Included Small manufacturing tools, racehorses and breeding hogs, special handling devices used in food manufacturing. Cars, trucks, buses, helicopters, computers, typewriters, duplicating equipment, breeding and dairy cattle, and cargo containers. Office furniture and fixtures, railroad cars and locomotives, most machinery and equipment. Single-purpose agricultural and horticultural structures; assets used in petroleum refining, vessels, barges, and other water transportation equipment; fruit- or nut-bearing trees and vines. Land improvements such as fencing, roads, sidewalks, bridges irrigation systems, and landscaping; telephone distribution plants; pipelines; billboards; and service station buildings. Certain farm buildings, municipal sewers. Commercial water utility property. 3 years 5 years 7 years 10 years 15 years 20 years 25 years 275 years Residential rental real property (duplexes and apartments) 39 years Nonresidential real property (office buildings, factories, and warehouses) Railroad grading or tunnel bore. 50 years MACRS for Business Personalty (Half-Year Convention) TABLE 7.2 Recovery Period 3-Year 5-Year 7-Year 10-Year 15-Year 20-Year rear Depreciation Rate 33.33% 20.00% 14.29% 10.00% 5.00% 3.750% 7.219 6.677 2 4445 32.00 24.49 19.20 11.52 11.52 5.76 17.49 2.49 8.93 8.92 8.93 4.46 18.00 9.50 14.40 11.52 9.22 7.37 6.55 6.55 6.56 6.55 3.28 3 14.8 4 5 8.55 7.70 6.93 6.23 5.285 5.90 4.888 5.90 4.522 5.91 5.90 4.461 5.91 5.90 9 4.462 5.90 4.461 5.91 2.95 7.41 5.713 9 4.462 10 4.462 4.461 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 4.462 4.461 4.462 4.461 4.462 4.461 2.231