Avery purchased $87000 of new dies ad molds for her tool and die business in Jun

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Avery purchased $87000 of new dies ad molds for her tool and die business in June of the current year. They have a 3-year MACRS recovery period. Avery understands that if she elects to use ADS to computer her regular income tax, there will be no difference between the cost recovery for computing the regular income tax and AMT. However, her depreciation deduction will be lower with ADS. Avery wants to know the regular income tax cost, after two years, of using ADS rather than MACRS. Assume she does not elect Sec 179 limited expensing, she does not take additional first-year depreciation and that her MTR is 33%.

Explanation / Answer

MACRS 3-year property First year = 33.33 Second year = 44.45 Total = 77.78 Amount of depreciation first two years = .7778*87,000 = 67,668.60 Tax savings: 67,668.60*.33 = 22,330.64 ADS 3-year property First year = 16.67 Second year = 33.33 Total = 50.00 Amount of depreciation first two yeas = .50*87,000 = 43,500 Tax savings 43,500 *.33 = 14,355 Difference = 22,330.64 – 14,355 = 7975.64 They will save $7975.64 using GDS for the first two years

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