Evergreen Corporation (calendar-year-end) acquired the following assets during the current year (ignore 179 expense and bonus depreciation
Question:
Evergreen Corporation (calendar-year-end) acquired the following assets during the current year (ignore §179 expense and bonus depreciation for this problem):
Asset Placed in Service Date Original Basis Machinery October 25 $ 70,000 Computer equipment February 3 10,000 Used delivery truck* August 17 23,000 Furniture April 22 150,000
*The delivery truck is not a luxury automobile.
a) What is the allowable MACRS depreciation on Evergreen’s property in the current year?
b) What is the allowable MACRS depreciation on Evergreen’s property in the current year if the machinery had a basis of $170,000 rather than $70,000?
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McGraw-Hill's Taxation Of Individuals
ISBN: 9781259729027
2017 Edition
Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver