Follen Company Is a Calendar Year Taxpayer

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Follen Company is a calendar year taxpayer. On September 1, Follen signed a 24-month lease on 3,800 square feet of commercial office space. Follen paid a $2,580 fee to the real estate agent who located the space and negotiated the lease. It also paid $10,925 to rewire the space to conform to its computing and other electrical requirements. The rewiring qualifies as five-year recovery property. Compute Follen's first-year cost recovery deductions relating to the lease space. Use Table 7-2.