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, Table2,and Table 5.)
Date Placed | Original | ||
Asset | in Service | Basis | |
Machinery | October 25 | $ | 96,000 |
Computer equipment | February 3 | $ | 36,000 |
Used delivery truck* | March 17 | $ | 49,000 |
Furniture | April 22 | $ | 176,000 |
Total | $ | 357,000 | |
*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 $560,000.
Problem 10-54 Part a
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? (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
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)?
Calculation of the allowable MACRS depreciation:
Asset | Place in service | Quarter | Original basis | Rate | Depreciation |
Machinery | October 25 | 4th | $96,000 | 14.29% | $13718.4004 |
Computer equipment | February 3 | 1st | $36,000 | 20.00% | $7200 |
Used delivery truck | March 17 | 1st | $49,000 | 20.00% | $9800 |
Furniture | April 22 | 2nd | $176,000 | 14.29% | $25150.40 |
Qualified improvement | May 12 | 2nd | $560,000 | 1.605% | $8988 |
Total | $917000 | $64856.7969 |
The general recovery period for machinery and furniture is 7 years, for computer equipment is 5 years, and for delivery truck is 5 years.
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