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Angela Smith Has Owned and Operated the Stationary Store for Fifteen

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Angela Smith has owned and operated The Stationary Store for fifteen years. The company's year-end is December 31st.
Assets owned prior to 20x0 and their UCC balances on January 1, 20x0 are listed below:
Additional information for 20x0:
Angela purchased $2,000 worth of small tools (each costing under $500).
The delivery van was sold for $12,000. The original cost was $20,000. A second-hand van was purchased in the year for $16,000.
$15,000 was paid for an air conditioning system in the building, which was added to the cost of the standard Class 1 pool.
Angela sold the photocopier for $1,500 in the year, and will replace it in January, 20x1 with a second-hand model valued at $1,700.
Angela amortizes the patent in Class 44.
The business acquired a franchise on March 1^st of 20x0 costing $55,000. The franchise has a limited legal life of 20 years. (Ignore leap year effects.)
Required:
A) Calculate the following:
(Assume 20x0 is 2019.)
1) the total CCA that Angela will be able to claim in 20x0;
2) the UCC balances as of December 31, 20x0;
3) any recapture and/or terminal loss that occurred during the year.
B) What would the tax effect have been for the original photocopier if Angela had purchased the new photocopier during 20x0?

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