Quanti Co., a calendar-year taxpayer, purchased small tools for $5,000 on December 21, Year 1, representing the company's only purchase of tangible personal property that took place during Year 1. Assume Quanti Co. does not want to take §179 or bonus depreciation on the tools. On its Year 1 tax return, how many months of MACRS depreciation may Quanti Co. claim on the tools?

1. one month

2. none

3. one and a half month

4. six months.

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Josiah Webster

28 May, 21:13

Quanti Co., a calendar-year taxpayer, purchased small tools for $5,000 on December 21, Year 1, representing the company's only purchase of tangible personal property that took place during Year 1. Assume Quanti Co. does not want to take §179 or bonus depreciation on the tools. On its Year 1 tax return, how many months of MACRS depreciation may Quanti Co. claim on the tools?

1. one month

2. none

3. one and a half month

4. six months.

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Santiago Anthony · Answer 1

Answer: Option A is the right answer

Explanation: Evidences in most cases has shown that MACRS is all about applying convention for one and a half year on assets. So when an entities owns 35-40% of an asset in forth quarter, Mid quarter convention will be applied for only one half of the last quarter, logically one and half month in the last quarter.