Required information Convers Corporation (calendar year-end) acquired the following assets during the current tax year: (ignore $179 expense and bonus depreciation for this problem): (Use MACRS Table 1, Table 2 and Table 5.) Date Placed in Original Asset Service Basis Machinery October 25 $ 70,000 Computer equipment February 3 10,000 Delivery truck* March 17 23,000 Furniture April 22 150,000 Total $ 253,000 *The delivery truck is not a luxury automobile. In addition to these assets, Convers installed new flooring (qualified improvement property) to its office building on May 12 at a cost of $300,000. a. What is the allowable MACRS depreciation on Convers's property in the current year assuming Convers does not elect $179 expense and elects out of bonus depreciation? Answer is complete but not entirely correct. MACRS depreciation $ 42,853 X Table 1 MACRS Half-Year Convention Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period 3-Year 5-Year 7-Year 10-Year 15-Year 33.33% 20.00% 14.29% 10.00% 5.00% 20-Year Year 1 3.750% Year 2 44.45 32.00 24.49 18.00 9.50 7.219 Year 3 14.81 19.20 17.49 14.40 8.55 6.677 Year 4 7.41 11.52 12.49 11.52 7.70 6.177 11.52 8.93 9.22 6.93 5.713 Year 5 Year 6 5.76 8.92 7.37 6.23 5.285 Year 7 8.93 6.55 5.90 4.888 Year 8 4.46 6.55 5.90 4.522 Year 9 6.56 5.91 4.462 Year 10 6.55 5.90 4.461 Year 11 3.28 5.91 4.462 Year 12 5.90 4.461 Year 13 5.91 4.462 Year 14 5.90 4.461 Year 15 5.91 4.462 Year 16 2.95 4.461 Year 17 4.462 Year 18 4.461 Year 19 4.462 4.461 Year 20 Year 21 2.231 TABLE 2a MACRS Mid-Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the first quarter Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period 5-Year 7-Year Year 1 35.00% 25.00% Year 2 26.00 21.43 Year 3 15.60 15.31 Year 4 11.01 10.93 Year 5 11.01 8.75 1.38 8.74 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 8.75 1.09 TABLE 26 MACRS Mid-Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the second quarter Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period 5-Year 7-Year Year 1 25.00% 17.85% Year 2 30.00 23.47 Year 3 18.00 16.76 11.37 11.97 Year 4 Year 5 11.37 8.87 Year 6 4.26 8.87 Year 7 8.87 Year 8 3.34 TABLE 2c MACRS Mid-Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the third quarter Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period 5-Year 7-Year 15.00% 10.71% Year 1 Year 2 34.00 25.51 Year 3 20.40 18.22 Year 4 12.24 13.02 Year 5 11.30 9.30 Year 6 7.06 8.85 Year 7 8.86 Year 8 5.53 TABLE 20 MACRS-Mid Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the fourth quarter Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period 5-Year 7-Year Year 1 5.00% 3.57% Year 2 38.00 27.55 Year 3 22.80 19.68 13.68 14.06 Year 4 Year 5 10.94 10.04 Year 6 9.58 8.73 Year 7 8.73 Year 8 7.64 TABLE 5 Nonresidential Real Property Mid-Month Convention Straight Line39 Years (for assets placed in service on or after May 13, 1993) Month Property Placed in Service Month 5 Month 6 Month 7 Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 8 Month 9 Month 10 Month 11 Month 12 2.461% 2.247% 2.033% 1.819% 1.605% 1.391% 1.177% 0.963% 0.749% 0.535% 0.321% 0.107% Year 1 Year 2-39 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 Year 40 0.107 0.321 0.535 0.749 0.963 1.177 1.391 1.605 1.819 2.033 2.247 2.461