The Gladys Corporation buys office equipment costing $208,000 on May 12, 2011. In 2014, new and improved

Question:

The Gladys buys office equipment costing $208,000 on May 12, 2011. In 2014, new and improved models of the equipment make it obsolete, and Gladys sells the old equipment for $34,000 on December 27, 2014.
a. What is the character of Gladys Corporation’s gain or loss on the sale assuming that it takes the maximum cost-recovery deductions allowable on the equipment?
b. What is the character of Gladys Corporation’s gain or loss on the equipment assuming that it takes the minimumcost-recovery deduction allowable on the equipment?

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