54. Convers Corporation (calendar-year-end) acquired the following assets during the current tax year: Asset Date Placed in
Question:
54. Convers Corporation (calendar-year-end) acquired the following assets during the current tax year:
Asset Date Placed in Service Original 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?
b. What is the allowable MACRS depreciation on Convers’s property in the current year assuming Convers does not elect out of bonus depreciation (but does not take §179 expense)?
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Taxation Of Individuals And Business Entities 2020
ISBN: 9781259969614
11th Edition
Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver