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Way Corporation disposed of the following tangible personal property assets in the current year.

	Date	Date		Original
Asset	Acquired	Sold	Convention	Basis
Furniture (7-year)	5/12/2014	7/15/2018	HY	$	102,500
Machinery (7-year)	3/23/2015	3/15/2018	MQ		119,500
Delivery truck* (5-year)	9/17/2016	3/13/2018	HY		58,000
Machinery (7-year)	10/11/2017	8/11/2018	MQ		319,400
Computer (5-year)	10/11/2018	12/15/2018	HY		118,000

*Used 100 percent for business.

Assume that the delivery truck is not a luxury auto. Calculate Way Corporations 2018 depreciation deduction (ignore 179 expense and bonus depreciation for this problem). (Use MACRS Table 1, Table 2, and Exhibit 10-6.) (Round your intermediate dollar calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Table 1 MACRS Half-Year Convention

Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period
	3-Year	5-Year	7-Year	10-Year	15-Year	20-Year
Year 1	33.33%	20.00%	14.29%	10.00%	5.00%	3.750%
Year 2	44.45	32.00	24.49	18.00	9.50	7.219
Year 3	14.81	19.20	17.49	14.40	8.55	6.677
Year 4	7.41	11.52	12.49	11.52	7.70	6.177
Year 5		11.52	8.93	9.22	6.93	5.713
Year 6		5.76	8.92	7.37	6.23	5.285
Year 7			8.93	6.55	5.90	4.888
Year 8			4.46	6.55	5.90	4.522
Year 9				6.56	5.91	4.462
Year 10				6.55	5.90	4.461
Year 11				3.28	5.91	4.462
Year 12					5.90	4.461
Year 13					5.91	4.462
Year 14					5.90	4.461
Year 15					5.91	4.462
Year 16					2.95	4.461
Year 17						4.462
Year 18						4.461
Year 19						4.462
Year 20						4.461
Year 21						2.231

TABLE 2a MACRS Mid-Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the first quarter

Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period
	5-Year	7-Year
Year 1	35.00%	25.00%
Year 2	26.00	21.43
Year 3	15.60	15.31
Year 4	11.01	10.93
Year 5	11.01	8.75
Year 6	1.38	8.74
Year 7		8.75
Year 8		1.09

TABLE 2b MACRS Mid-Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the second quarter

Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period
	5-Year	7-Year
Year 1	25.00%	17.85%
Year 2	30.00	23.47
Year 3	18.00	16.76
Year 4	11.37	11.97
Year 5	11.37	8.87
Year 6	4.26	8.87
Year 7		8.87
Year 8		3.34

TABLE 2c MACRS Mid-Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the third quarter

Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period
	5-Year	7-Year
Year 1	15.00%	10.71%
Year 2	34.00	25.51
Year 3	20.40	18.22
Year 4	12.24	13.02
Year 5	11.30	9.30
Year 6	7.06	8.85
Year 7		8.86
Year 8		5.53

TABLE 2d MACRS-Mid Quarter Convention: For property placed in service during the fourth quarter

Depreciation Rate for Recovery Period
	5-Year	7-Year
Year 1	5.00%	3.57%
Year 2	38.00	27.55
Year 3	22.80	19.68
Year 4	13.68	14.06
Year 5	10.94	10.04
Year 6	9.58	8.73
Year 7		8.73
Year 8		7.64

EXHIBIT 10-6 Mid-Quarter Convention Percentage of Full Years Depreciation in Year of Disposition

Quarter of Disposition	Percentage	Calculation*
1st	12.5%	1.5/12
2nd	37.5	4.5/12
3rd	62.5	7.5/12
4th	87.5	10.5/12

* The calculation is the number of months the taxpayer held or is deemed to have held the asset in the year of disposition divided by 12 months in the year.

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