Karane Enterprises, a calendar-year manufacturer based in College Station, Texas, began business in 2017. In...
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Karane Enterprises, a calendar-year manufacturer based in College Station, Texas, began business in 2017. In the process of setting up the business, Karane has acquired various types of assets. Below is a list of assets acquired during 2017:
Asset
Cost
Date Placed in Service
Office furniture
$
150,000
02/03/2017
Machinery
1,560,000
07/22/2017
Used delivery truck*
40,000
08/17/2017
*Not considered a luxury automobile.
During 2017, Karane was very successful (and had no 179 limitations) and decided to acquire more assets this next year to increase its production capacity. These are the assets acquired during 2018:
Asset
Cost
Date Placed in Service
Computers & info. system
$
400,000
03/31/2018
Luxury auto
80,000
05/26/2018
Assembly equipment
1,200,000
08/15/2018
Storage building
700,000
11/13/2018
Used 100% for business purposes.
Karane generated taxable income in 2018 of $1,732,500 for purposes of computing the 179 expense. (Use MACRS Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, Table 5, and Exhibit 10-10.) Assume the 2017 179 limits are the same as those in 2018. (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable. Input all the values as positive numbers.)
Now assume that during 2018, Karane decides to buy a competitors assets for a purchase price of $1,350,000. Compute the maximum 2018 cost recovery including 179 expense and bonus depreciation. Karane purchased the following assets for the lump-sum purchase price. (Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
Asset
Cost
Date Placed in Service
Inventory
$
220,000
09/15/2018
Office furniture
230,000
09/15/2018
Machinery
250,000
09/15/2018
Patent
198,000
09/15/2018
Goodwill
2,000
09/15/2018
Building
430,000
09/15/2018
Land
20,000
09/15/2018
Description
Cost
Sec. 179 Expense
Bonus
MACRS Basis
Current MACRS Depreciation
Total Depreciation Deduction
2017 Assets
Office furniture
Machinery
Used delivery truck
2018 Assets
Computers & Info. System
Luxury Auto
Assembly Equipment
0
Storage Building
Inventory
Office Furniture
Machinery
Patent
Goodwill
Building
Land
0
Totals
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