Tri-Color Corporation, a calendar-year taxpayer, purchases and places into service: - machinery with a 7-year life that costs $1,180,000 on April 27, 2020 - office equipment with a 5-year life that costs $15,000 on May 5, 2020 - other equipment with a 7-year life that costs $110,000 on November 3, 2020 - residential rental property, which cost $430,000 (the cost of the land has been excluded) on August 11, 2020 Tri-Color elects to depreciate the maximum under Sec. 179, and applies entire Sec. 179 amount to the machinery purchase. Tri-Color does not apply bonus depreciation. Tri-Color's taxable income for the year before the Sec. 179 deduction is $1,900,000. What is Tri-Color's total depreciation deduction related to the 2020 purchased property?

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