Michael Sima, a sole proprietor craftsman, purchased an amount of equipment in the current year that exceeded the maximum allowable § 179 depreciation election limit by $20,000. Sima’s total purchases of property placed in service in the current year did not exceed the limit imposed by § 179. All of the property (including the equipment) was purchased in November of the current year, and Sima elected to
- a. Sima may not depreciate any additional equipment other than the § 179 maximum in the current year and must carry forward the excess amount to use in the following taxable year.
- b. MACRS half-year convention for personal property.
- c. MACRS mid-quarter convention for personal property.
- d. Straight-line, mid-month convention over 27.5 years for real property.
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South-Western Federal Taxation 2019: Individual Income Taxes (Intuit ProConnect Tax Online 2017 & RIA Checkpoint 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card)
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- Baker Corporation owned a building located in Kansas. Baker used the building for its business operations. Last year, a tornado hit the property and completely destroyed it. This year, Baker received an insurance settlement. Baker had originally purchased the building for $350,000 and had claimed a total of $100,000 of depreciation deductions against the property. What are Baker's realized and recognized gain or (loss) on this transaction and what is its basis in the new building in the following alternative scenarios? (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.) d. Baker received $450,000 in insurance proceeds and spent $450,000 rebuilding the building during the next three years. Description Amount Basis of replacement propertyarrow_forwardMoran owns a building he bought during year 0 for $237,000. He sold the building in year 6. During the time he held the building he depreciated it by $33,250. What is the amount and character of the gain or loss Moran will recognize on the sale in each of the following alternative situations? (Loss amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter NA if a situation is not applicable. Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.) b. Moran received $248,000. ------------------- Bourne Guitars, a corporation, reported a $211,000 net §1231 gain for year 6. b. Assuming Bourne’s nonrecaptured net §1231 losses from years 1–5 were $286,000, what amount of Bourne’s net §1231 gain for year 6, if any, is treated as ordinary income?arrow_forwardGodo Farhana purchased a new stove for $600 and placed it in service in her rental house in June 2018. No special depreciation allowance was claimed. Farhana sold the rental house, including the stove, in October 2021. Her adjusted basis including depreciation on the stove at the time of sale was $139. The stove was included in the sale, but the statement specified a price of $375, leaving a $236 gain. Under what section of the Internal Revenue Code will that gain fall?arrow_forward
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- Rahularrow_forwardAndre acquired a computer on March 3, 2018, for $44,600. He elects the straight-line method for cost recovery. Andre does not elect immediate expensing under § 179. He does not claim any available additional first-year depreciation. His cost recovery deduction for the computer is $____ for 2018 and $______ for 2019.arrow_forwardMaple Corporation owns several pieces of highly valued paintings that are on display in the corporation's headquarters. This year, it donated one of the paintings valued at $100,000 (adjusted basis of $25,000) to a local museum for the museum to display (Assume Maple Corporation had prior knowledge of the museum's intention to sell the painting after receiving it.) b. What would be Maple's deduction if the museum sold the painting one month after it received it from Maple? Charitable contribution deductionarrow_forward
- Individual Income TaxesAccountingISBN:9780357109731Author:HoffmanPublisher:CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT