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Karane Enterprises, a calendar-year manufacturer based in College Station, Texas, began business in 2022. In the process of setting up the business, Karane has acquired various types of assets. Below is a list of assets acquired during 2022:
Asset Cost Date Placed in Service
Office furniture $ 340,00002/03/2022
Machinery 1,750,00007/22/2022
Used delivery truck*Note: 78,00008/17/2022
*Note:Not considered a luxury automobile.
During 2022, Karane was very successful (and had no 179 limitations) and decided to acquire more assets in 2023 to increase its production capacity. These are the assets acquired during 2023:
Asset Cost Date Placed in Service
Computers and information system $ 438,00003/31/2023
Luxury auto*Note: 89,50005/26/2023
Assembly equipment 1,390,00008/15/2023
Storage building 800,00011/13/2023
*Note:Used 100% for business purposes.
Karane generated taxable income in 2023 of $1,780,000 for purposes of computing the 179 expense limitation.(Use MACRS Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, Table 5, and Exhibit 10-10.)
Note: Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable. Input all the values as positive numbers.
A. Compute the maximum 2022 depreciation deductions, including 179 expense (ignoring bonus depreciation).
Note: Apply the 179 deduction to the most expensive eligible asset first. Round your final answers to nearest whole dollar.
B. Compute the maximum 2023 depreciation deductions, including 179 expense (ignoring bonus depreciation).
Note: Round your final answers to nearest whole dollar.
c. Compute the maximum 2023 depreciation deductions, including 179 expense, but now assume that Karane would like to take bonus depreciation.
Note: Round your final answers to nearest whole dollar.
D. Now assume that during 2023, Karane decides to buy a competitor's assets for a purchase price of $1,577,620. Compute the maximum 2023 cost recovery, including 179 expense and bonus depreciation. Karane purchased the following assets for the lump-sum purchase price:
Note: Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.
Asset Cost Date Placed in Service
Inventory $ 258,00009/15/2023
Office furniture 268,00009/15/2023
Machinery 288,00009/15/2023
Patent 232,20009/15/2023
Goodwill 5,42009/15/2023
Building 468,00009/15/2023
Land 58,00009/15/2023
Assume that Karane takes the maximum section 179 expense for the Assembly Equipment.
e. Complete Karane Enterprises's Form 4562 for part (b).
(Use 2023 tax rules regardless of year on tax form. Do not skip rows when entering property under line item 26 of Form 4562. Assets acquired during 2022 have to be entered under Section B part of Form 4562, page 1.)

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