A manufacturer of aerospace products purchased five flexible assembly cells for $520000 each. Delivery and insurance charges were $35000, and installation of the cells cost another $46000. a. Determine the cost basis of the five cells. b. What is the class life of the cells? c. What is the MACRS depreciation in year seven? d. If the cells are sold to another company for $140000 each at the end of year six, how much is the recaptured depreciation?
a) Calculating the cost basis of 5 cells.
Cost Basis = (5 * Purchase Price of Cell) + Installation Cost + Insurance Cost
= (5 * $520000) + $46,000 + $35,000
= $2600000 + $46,000 + $35,000
= $2,681,000
b) From the MACRS table, the class life of aerospace products are to be identified.
Which is 10 years, with GDS 7 year period.
c) Calculating MACRS depriciation in year seven.
dk = Cost Basis * Recovery Rate.
Now, with GDS 7 year period, find the recovery rate for 7th year from the Recovery Rate table.
which is 0.0893.
Therefore, d7= $2,681,000 * 0.0893
= $239413.3
d) Calculating recaptured depriciation, after 6 years.
dr = (5 * Selling Price) * RR
= $7,00,000 * 0.0892 , RR for 6th year is 0.0892, identify it from the table.
= $62440
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