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Trish Himple owns a retail family clothing store. Her store is located at 4321 Heather Drive, Henderson, NV 89002. Her employer identification number is 95-1234321

Trish Himple owns a retail family clothing store. Her store is located at 4321 Heather Drive, Henderson, NV 89002. Her employer identification number is 95-1234321 and her Social Security number is 123-45-6789. Trish keeps her books on an accrual basis. The income and expenses for the year are:

Gross sales$352,000
Returns and allowances4,000
Expenses:
Beginning inventory (at cost)$ 85,000
Add: purchases101,000
Cost of goods available for sale$186,000
Less: ending inventory (at cost)75,000
Cost of goods sold$111,000
Rent24,200
Insurance1,800
Legal and accounting fees5,600
Payroll56,430
Payroll taxes4,400
Utilities2,100
Office supplies750
Advertising6,200


Trish\'s bookkeeper has provided the book-basis fixed asset roll forward to be used in computing the depreciation (see separate tab). For tax purposes, Trish elected out of bonus depreciation in all years except 2019. She did not elect immediate expensing in any year. The tax lives of the assets are the same as the book lives shown in the fixed asset schedule. The truck is not considered a passenger automobile for purposes of the luxury automobile limitations.

Trish also has a qualified home office of 250 sq. ft. Her home is 2,500 sq. ft. Her 2014 purchase price and basis in the home, not including land, is $100,000 (the home\'s market value is $150,000). She incurred the following costs in 2019 related to the entire home:

Utilities$2,800
Cleaning900
Insurance1,100
Property taxes2,000


Calculate the Special depreciation allowance for qualified property (other than listed property) placed in service during the tax year.

Calculate the MACRS depreciation.


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