Karane Enterprises, a calendar-year manufacturer based in College Station, Texas, began business in 2019. In the process
Question:
Karane Enterprises, a calendar-year manufacturer based in College Station, Texas, began business in 2019. In the process of setting up the business, Karane has acquired various types of assets. Below is a list of assets acquired during 2019:
Asset | Cost | Date Placed in Service | |
Office furniture | $ | 150,000 | 02/03/2019 |
Machinery | 1,560,000 | 07/22/2019 | |
Used delivery truck* | 40,000 | 08/17/2019 | |
*Not considered a luxury automobile.
During 2019, Karane was very successful (and had no 179 limitations) and decided to acquire more assets in 2020 to increase its production capacity. These are the assets acquired during 2020:
Asset | Cost | Date Placed in Service | |
Computers & info. system | $ | 400,000 | 03/31/2020 |
Luxury auto | 80,000 | 05/26/2020 | |
Assembly equipment | 1,200,000 | 08/15/2020 | |
Storage building | 700,000 | 11/13/2020 | |
Used 100% for business purposes.
Karane generated taxable income in 2020 of $1,732,500 for purposes of computing the 179 expense limitation. (Use MACRS Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, Table 5, and Exhibit 10-10.) (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable. Input all the values as positive numbers.)
a. Compute the maximum 2019 depreciation deductions, including 179 expense (ignoring bonus depreciation).