Harris Corp. is a technology start-up currently in its second year of operations. The company didn’t purchase any assets this year but purchased the following assets in the prior year:     Placed in     Asset Service   Basis Office equipment August 14 $ 10,200 Manufacturing equipment April 15   70,000 Computer system June 1   18,000 Total   $ 98,200   Harris did not know depreciation was tax deductible until it hired an accountant this year and didn’t claim any depreciation deduction in its first year of operation. (Use MACRS Table 1 and Table 2.)     Problem 10-55 Part b (Algo)   b. What is the basis of the office equipment at the end of the second year? (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)   Basis of Office Equipment:$_______?

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Harris Corp. is a technology start-up currently in its second year of operations. The company didn’t purchase any assets this year but purchased the following assets in the prior year:

 

  Placed in    
Asset Service   Basis
Office equipment August 14 $ 10,200
Manufacturing equipment April 15   70,000
Computer system June 1   18,000
Total   $ 98,200

 

Harris did not know depreciation was tax deductible until it hired an accountant this year and didn’t claim any depreciation deduction in its first year of operation. (Use MACRS Table 1 and Table 2.)

 

 

Problem 10-55 Part b (Algo)

 

b. What is the basis of the office equipment at the end of the second year? (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)

 

Basis of Office Equipment:$_______?

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