Exam 10: Property Acquisition and Cost Recovery

Janey purchased machinery on April 8ᵗʰ of the current year. The relevant costs for the year are as follows: machinery for $10,000, $800 shipping, $50 for delivery insurance, $500 for installation, $750 for sales tax, $150 for the annual tune up, and $200 of property taxes (an annual tax on business property). What is Janey's tax basis for the machinery?

Tom Tom LLC purchased a rental house and land during the current year for $150,000. The purchase price was allocated as follows: $100,000 to the building and $50,000 to the land. The property was placed in service on May 22. Calculate Tom Tom's maximum depreciation for this first year. (Use MACRS Table 3)

Like financial accounting, most acquired business property must be capitalized for tax purposes.

Which of the following business assets is not depreciated?

Assume that Cannon LLC acquires a competitor's assets on June 15ᵗʰ of a prior year. The purchase price was $450,000. Of the amount, $196,200 is allocated to tangible assets and $253,800 is allocated to three §197 intangible assets: $153,000 to goodwill, $50,400 to a customer list with an expected life of 8 years, and $50,400 to a 3 year non-compete agreement. On May 30ᵗʰ of the second year, the customer list is sold for $10,000. (Round your amortization and final answer to the nearest whole number. Round your allocation percentage to the nearest whole percentage e.g., 0.1234 as 12%.) 1) What is Cannon's amortization expense for the second year? 2) What is the basis of the intangibles at the end of the second year?

Sequoia purchased the rights to cut timber on several tracts of land over a fifteen-year period. It paid $500,000 for cutting rights. A timber engineer estimates that 500,000 board feet of timber will be cut. During the current year, Sequoia cut 45,000 board feet of timber, which it sold for $900,000. What is Sequoia's cost depletion expense for the current year?

Business assets that tend to be used for both business and personal purposes are referred to as listed property.

Tax depreciation is currently calculated under what system?

The basis for a personal use asset converted to business use is the lesser of the asset's cost basis or fair market value on the date of the transfer or conversion.

Tasha LLC purchased furniture (7-year property) on April 20 for $20,000 and used the half-year convention. Tasha did not take §179 or bonus depreciation in the year it acquired the furniture. During the current year, which is the fourth year Tasha LLC owned the property, the property was disposed of on December 15. Calculate the maximum depreciation expense. (Use MACRS Table 2) EXHIBIT 10-6  (Round final answer to the nearest whole number.)

Kristine sold two assets on March 20th of the current year. The first was machinery with an original basis of $51,000, currently in the fourth year of depreciation, and under the half-year convention. The second was furniture with an original basis of $16,000 placed in service during the fourth quarter, currently in the third year of depreciation, and under the mid-quarter convention. What is Kristine's depreciation expense for the current year if the depreciation recovery period is 7-years? (Use MACRS Table 1, Table 2, and EXHIBIT 10-6) (Round final answer to the nearest whole number.)

Northern LLC only purchased one asset this year. In 2018, Northern LLC placed in service on September 6ᵗʰ machinery and equipment (7-year property) with a basis of $3,150,000. Assume that Northern has sufficient income to avoid any limitations. Calculate the maximum depreciation expense including §179 expensing (ignore any potential bonus expensing). (Use MACRS Table 1) (Round final answer to the nearest whole number.)

The alternative depreciation system requires both a slower method of recovery and longer recovery periods.

Which of the following assets is not eligible for bonus depreciation?

If a business mistakenly claims too little depreciation, the business must only reduce the asset's basis by the depreciation actually taken rather than the amount of the allowable depreciation.

Deirdre's business purchased two assets during the current year (a full 12-month tax year). Deirdre placed in service computer equipment (5-year property) on January 20 with a basis of $15,000 and machinery (7-year property) on September 1 with a basis of $15,000. Calculate the maximum depreciation expense, (ignoring §179 and bonus depreciation). (Use MACRS Half-Year Convention) (Round final answer to the nearest whole number.)

Phyllis purchased $8,000 of specialized audio equipment that she uses in her business regularly. Occasionally, she uses the equipment for personal use. During the first year, Phyllis used the equipment for business use 70 percent of the time; however, during the current (second) year the business use fell to 40 percent. Assume that the equipment is seven-year MACRS property and is under the half-year convention. Assume the ADS recovery period is 10 years. What is the depreciation allowance for the current year? (Use MACRS Table 1) (Round final answer to the nearest whole number.)

An office building was purchased on December 9ᵗʰ several years ago for $2,500,000. The purchase price was allocated as follows: building $1,900,000, landscaping $100,000, and land $500,000. During the current year, the 10ᵗʰ year, the building was sold on March 10ᵗʰ. Calculate the maximum depreciation expense for the real property during the current year, rounded to the nearest whole number. (Use MACRS Table 5)

Which of the following assets are eligible for §179 expensing?

Paulman incurred $55,000 of research and experimental expenses and began amortizing them over 60 months during June of year 1. During May of year 3, Paulman received a patent based upon the research being amortized. $36,000 of legal expenses for the patent was incurred. The patent is expected to have a remaining useful life of 17 years. 1) What is the basis of the patent? (Round amortization for each year to the nearest whole number.) 2) What is the amortization expense with respect to the patent during the year it was issued? (Round final answer to the nearest whole number.)