"A company bought a piece of equipment for $302,000. The company is using the 7 year MACRS property class to depreciate the asset for tax purposes. At the end of year 5, the company sold the equipment for $178,000. The tax rate is 29%. What is the tax that the company pays from the sale of the equipment?"
Below is the depreciation schedule. Book value when the equipment is sold is 80,875.60. Half year convention is used and depreciation is halved in 5th year.
Year | Depreciation % | Depreciation | Accumulated depreciation | Book value |
1 | 14.29% | 43155.80 | 43155.80 | 258844.20 |
2 | 24.49% | 73959.80 | 117115.60 | 184884.40 |
3 | 17.49% | 52819.80 | 169935.40 | 132064.60 |
4 | 12.49% | 37719.80 | 207655.20 | 94344.80 |
5 | 8.92% | 13469.20 | 221124.40 | 80875.60 |
Capital gain = $178,000 - $80,875.60 = $97,124.40. Tax that the company pays = 29%*97,124.40 = $28166.08
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