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In 2019, Muhammad purchased a new computer for $16,000. The computer is
used 100% for business. Muhammad did not make a § 179 election with respect
to the computer. He does not claim any available additional first-year
Muhammad uses the regular MACRS method, determine his cost recovery deduction for
2018 for computing taxable income and for computing his alternative minimum tax.
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