Special Deductions and Limitations (LO 11.3) Katsura Corporation incurred pre-operating costs: • Investigatory expenses of $17,000 • New employee training $25,000 • Advertising $10,000 • Land and building for use as a retail store when opened $150,000 Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Katsura wishes to maximize its deduction for start-up costs. Assuming they open for business on February 27th of the current year, what is the deduction for start-up costs?

Comey Products has decided to acquire some new equipment having a $240,000 purchase price. The equipment will last 4 years and is in the MACRS 3-year class. (The depreciation rates for Year 1 through Year 4 are equal to 0.3333, 0.4445, 0.1481, and 0.0741.) The firm can borrow at a 5% rate and pays a 25% federal-plus-state tax rate. Comey is considering leasing the property but wishes to know the cost of borrowing that it should use when comparing purchasing to leasing and has hired you to answer this question. What is the correct answer to Comey's question? (Hint: Use the shortcut method to find the after-tax cost of the loan payments.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

Algor Inc. entered into a $975,000 3-year contract to maintain a client's computer system. At the end of the first year, the costs incurred on the contract were $225,000 and it was estimated that a further $520,000 would be incurred over the remaining years of the contract. What is the amount of profit that can be recognized on this contract for the first year? $196,875 $69.463 $421,875 $294.463

Subject: accounting