Bird Corporation purchases machinery for $3 million and places it in service in June 2013. Installation costs

Question:

Bird purchases machinery for $3 million and places it in service in June 2013. Installation costs are $75,000. The machine replaces an old machine that Bird purchased several years ago, which Bird sells at a $125,000 financial accounting profit. What issues must you, as Bird's director of taxes, address because of the sale of the old machine and purchase of the new machine?
Corporation
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