A company purchased a new forging machineto manufacture disks for airplane turbine engines.The new press cost $3,500,000, and it falls into aseven-year MACRS property class. The companyhas to pay property taxes to the local township forownership of this forging machine at a rate of 1.2%on the beginning book value of each year.(a) Determine the book value of the asset at thebeginning of each tax year.(b) Determine the amount of property taxes over themachine’s depreciable life.

A company purchased a new forging machineto manufacture disks for airplane turbine engines.The new press cost $3,500,000, and it falls into aseven-year MACRS property class. The companyhas to pay property taxes to the local township forownership of this forging machine at a rate of 1.2%on the beginning book value of each year.(a) Determine the book value of the asset at thebeginning of each tax year.(b) Determine the amount of property taxes over themachine’s depreciable life.

SWFT Essntl Tax Individ/Bus Entities 2020

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Chapter7: Property Transactions: Basis, Gain And Loss, And Nontaxable Exchanges

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