Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), Election to Expense, Listed Property, Limitation on Depreciation of Luxury Automobiles (LO 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5)

During 2022, William purchases the following capital assets for use in his catering business:

Line Item Description	Amount
New passenger automobile (September 30)	$66,000
Baking equipment (June 30)	10,000

Assume that William decides to use the election to expense on the baking equipment (and has adequate taxable income to cover the deduction) but not on the automobile, and he also uses the MACRS accelerated method to calculate depreciation but elects out of bonus depreciation.

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Calculate William's maximum depreciation deduction for 2022, assuming he uses the automobile 100 percent in his business.