Question

On January 1, 2020, Marigold Corp. purchased a machine costing $355000. The machine is in the MACRS 5-year recovery class for tax purposes and has an estimated $74000 salvage value at the end of its economic life. It's based on half year convention. Assuming the company uses the general MACRS approach, the amount of MACRS deduction for tax purposes for the year 2020 is

Answer 1

$71,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Note: The MARCS Table is attached below

Depreciation for 2020 = Cost*Rate%

Depreciation for 2020 = $355000*20%

Depreciation for 2020 = $71,000.

Note: MACRS depreciation disregards the salvage value and depreciates the asset to zero over the life of the asset.