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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, Table 2 and Table 5.)

 

Asset Date Placed in Service Original Basis
Machinery October 25 $ 78,000
Computer equipment February 3 18,000
Delivery truck* March 17 31,000
Furniture April 22 158,000
Total   $ 285,000

*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 $380,000.

 

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 and final answer 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)?

 

 

 

Table 1 MACRS Half-Year Convention

Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period
  3-Year 5-Year 7-Year 10-Year 15-Year 20-Year
Year 1   33.33%   20.00%   14.29%   10.00%   5.00%   3.750%
Year 2  44.45 32.00 24.49 18.00 9.50 7.219
Year 3  14.81 19.20 17.49 14.40 8.55 6.677
Year 4    7.41 11.52 12.49 11.52 7.70 6.177
Year 5   11.52   8.93   9.22 6.93 5.713
Year 6     5.76   8.92   7.37 6.23 5.285
Year 7       8.93   6.55 5.90 4.888
Year 8       4.46   6.55 5.90 4.522
Year 9         6.56 5.91 4.462
Year 10         6.55 5.90 4.461
Year 11         3.28 5.91 4.462
Year 12         5.90 4.461
Year 13         5.91 4.462
Year 14         5.90 4.461
Year 15         5.91 4.462
Year 16         2.95 4.461
Year 17           4.462
Year 18           4.461
Year 19           4.462
Year 20           4.461
Year 21           2.231

 

TABLE 2a MACRS Mid-Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the first quarter

Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period
  5-Year 7-Year
Year 1 35.00% 25.00%
Year 2 26.00 21.43
Year 3 15.60 15.31
Year 4 11.01 10.93
Year 5 11.01 8.75
Year 6 1.38 8.74
Year 7   8.75
Year 8   1.09

TABLE 2b MACRS Mid-Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the second quarter

Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period
  5-Year 7-Year
Year 1 25.00% 17.85%
Year 2 30.00 23.47
Year 3 18.00 16.76
Year 4 11.37 11.97
Year 5 11.37 8.87
Year 6 4.26 8.87
Year 7   8.87
Year 8   3.34

TABLE 2c MACRS Mid-Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the third quarter

Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period
  5-Year 7-Year
Year 1    15.00%    10.71%
Year 2 34.00 25.51
Year 3 20.40 18.22
Year 4 12.24 13.02
Year 5 11.30 9.30
Year 6  7.06  8.85
Year 7    8.86
Year 8    5.53

TABLE 2d MACRS-Mid Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the fourth quarter

Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period
  5-Year 7-Year
Year 1      5.00%      3.57%
Year 2 38.00 27.55
Year 3 22.80 19.68
Year 4 13.68 14.06
Year 5 10.94 10.04
Year 6  9.58   8.73
Year 7     8.73
Year 8     7.64

 

 

TABLE 5 Nonresidential Real Property Mid-Month Convention Straight Line—39 Years (for assets placed in service on or after May 13, 1993)

Month Property Placed in Service
  Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6 Month 7 Month 8 Month 9 Month 10 Month 11 Month 12
Year 1    2.461%    2.247%    2.033%    1.819%    1.605%    1.391%    1.177%    0.963%    0.749%    0.535%    0.321%    0.107%
Year 2–39 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564
Year 40 0.107 0.321 0.535 0.749 0.963 1.177 1.391 1.605 1.819 2.033 2.247 2.461
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