Eldridge purchases a golf course on Long Island for a cost of $1,000,000. After

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Eldridge purchases a golf course on Long Island for a cost of $1,000,000. After performing a cost segregation analysis it is determined that $150,000 of cost may be allocated to the land preparation costs and the underground irrigation system. Which statement is true about the cost recovery deduction for the golf course?

A. Eldridge may depreciate the full $1 million cost over 39 years.

B. Eldridge may depreciate $850,000 of the cost over 39 years and $150,000 over 15 years a land improvement.

C. Eldridge may depreciate only the land improvement costs over 15 years.

D. None of the above.

A. Eldridge may depreciate the full $1 million cost over 39 years.

B. Eldridge may depreciate $850,000 of the cost over 39 years and $150,000 over 15 years a land improvement.

C. Eldridge may depreciate only the land improvement costs over 15 years.

D. None of the above.

Explanation / Answer

if land preparation activities will be destroyed by putting property to a different use, the costs are not considered inextricably associated with the land and are depreciable improvements. For example, the clearing, grading, terracing and landscaping of a mobile home park were held to be depreciable improvements with a 15-year life, because any other use of the property would require reshaping of the land

Eldridge may depreciate $850,000 of the cost over 39 years and $150,000 over 15 years a land improvement.

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