In 2018, Dan Dunne sold a business machine for ($ 75,000). He had purchased the machine in

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In 2018, Dan Dunne sold a business machine for \(\$ 75,000\). He had purchased the machine in 2014 for \(\$ 90,000\), had depreciated it on the straight-line basis using a life of five years, and had taken a total of \(\$ 63,000\) depreciation.

a. How should Dan treat the recognized gain or loss on the sale?

b. How should Dan treat the gain or loss if he had used an accelerated depreciation method with a total of \(\$ 71,100\) taken in the four years?

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CCH Federal Taxation 2019 Comprehensive Topics

ISBN: 9780808049081

2019 Edition

Authors: Ephraim P. Smith, Philip J. Harmelink, James R. Hasselback

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