Beth's business purchased only one asset during the current year (a full 12-month tax year). beth placed in service machinery (7-year property) on december 1 with a basis of $50,000. calculate the maximum depreciation expense (ignoring §179 and bonus depreciation).

the depreciation expense on the equipment will be 1,785 for tax purpose.

Explanation:

We will look into the MACRS (Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System)

table for a property of seven years placen into service in the 4th quarter:

Which give us 3.57%

now we multiply the basis by the coefficient and get the value for depreciation

50,000 x 3.57% = 1,785 depreciation expense under MACRS

answer; ///retained

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