MRT$,$ a calendar year corporation, placed the following assets in service this year. Use Table $7-2$ and Appendix $7-$A$.$

Required:

a$.$ Compute MRT$\text{'}$s MACRS depreciation with respect to the assets placed in service this year. Assume MRT does not elect to use first$-$

year bonus depreciation or Section $179.$

b$.$ In December, MRT decided to purchase $$285,000$ of additional equipment. The corporation could buy the equipment and place it

in service before year$-$end, or it could postpone the purchase until January. What effect does this decision have on MRT$\text{'}$s

depreciation with respect to the assets already in service?

Answer is complete but not entirely correct.

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Required $A$

Required B

In December, MRT decided to purchase $$285,000$ of additional equipment. The corporation could buy the equipment and place

it in service before year$-$end, or it could postpone the purchase until January. What effect does this decision have on MRT$\text{'}$s

depreciation with respect to the assets already in service?

Note: Round your intermediate computations and final answers to the nearest dollar amount. Round your "percentage"

answers to $4$ decimal places $($i$.$e$.,12\mathrm{.}34$ should be entered as $0\mathrm{.}1234).$