On April 5, 2020, Javier Sanchez purchased and placed in service a new 7-year class asset costing $371,600 for use in his landscaping business, which he operates as a single member LLC (Sanchez Landscaping LLC). Rather than using bonus depreciation, Javier would like to use 179 to expense $200,000 of this asset and then use regular MACRS to cost recover the remaining cost. During 2020, his business generated a net income of $445,920 before any 179 immediate expense election. If required round your intermediate computations and final answers to the nearest dollar. Click here to access the depreciation table to use for this problem. a. Determine the cost recovery deductions (including first year additional depreciation) that Javier Sanchez can claim with respect to this asset in 2020 and 2021. Total cost recovery deduction in 2020: $ Total cost recovery deduction in 2021: $ b. Complete Javier's Form 4562 (page 1) for 2020. Note: For 2020, the maximum 179 is $1,040,000 and the threshold amount is $2,590,000. If an amount is zero, enter "0". Enter amounts as positive numbers. 7 Listed property. Enter the amount from line 29........................ 8 Total elected cost of section 179 property. Add amounts in column (c), lines 6 and 7 8 9 Tentative deduction. Enter the smaller of line 5 or line 8. 9 10 Carryover of disallowed deduction from line 13 of your 2019 Form 4562 10 11 Business income limitation. Enter the smaller of business income (not less than zero) or line 5 (see instructions).. 11 12 Section 179 expense deduction. Add lines 9 and 10, but don't enter more than line 11 12 13 Carryover of disallowed deduction to 2021. Add lines 9 and 10, less line 12 .... 13 Note: Don't use Part II or Part III below for listed property. Instead, use Part V. Part II Special Depreciation Allowance and Other Depreciation (Don't include listed property. See instructions.) 14 Special depreciation allowance for qualified property (other than listed property) placed in service during the tax year (see instructions) 14 15 15 Property subject to section 168(1)(1) election 16 Other depreciation (including ACRS) 16 Part III MACRS Depreciation (Don't include listed property. See instructions.) Section A 17 17 MACRS deductions for assets placed in service in tax years beginning before 2020... 18 If you are electing to group any assets placed in service during the tax year into one or more general asset accounts, check here Section B-Assets Placed in Service During 2020 Tax Year Using the General Depreciation System (b) Month and year (a) Classification of property (c) Basis for depreciation (business/investment use only, see instructions) (d) Recovery period (e) Convention (f) Method (g) Depreciation deduction placed in service 19a 3-year property b 5-year property c 7-year property 7 yrs. d 10-year property e 15-year property f 20-year property g 25-year property 25 yrs. S/L h Residential rental 27.5 yrs. MM S/L property 27.5 yrs. MM S/L i Nonresidential real 39 yrs. MM S/L property MM S/L Section C-Assets Placed in Service During 2020 Tax Year Using the Alternative Depreciation System 20a Class life S/L b 12-year 12 yrs. S/L c 30-year 30 yrs. MM S/L d 40-year 40 yrs. MM S/L Part IV Summary (See instructions.) 21 Listed property. Enter amount from line 28 21 22 Total. Add amounts from line 12, lines 14 through 17, lines 19 and 20 in column (g), and line 21. Enter here and on the appropriate lines of your return. Partnerships and S corporations-see instructions . 22 23 For assets shown above and placed in service during the current year, enter the portion of the basis attributable to section 263A costs .... 23 For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions. Cat. No. 12906N Form 4562 (2020)
