Columbia LLC Only Purchased One Asset This Year

question 9

Essay

Columbia LLC only purchased one asset this year. Columbia LLC placed in service on July 9, 2018 machinery and equipment (7-year property) with a basis of $2,750,000. Assume that Columbia has sufficient income to avoid any limitations. Calculate the maximum depreciation expense including §179 expensing (but ignoring bonus expensing) for the year. (Use MACRS Table 2) (Round final answer to the nearest whole number.)

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Definitions:

Market Price

The current price at which an asset or service can be bought or sold in a given market.

Economic Incentive

A benefit or penalty that motivates economic behavior or decisions among individuals or organizations.

Price-Taker Market

A market condition where individual buyers or sellers have no power to influence the price of goods and services, typically due to high competition and standardized products.

Economic Profits

The difference between a firm's total revenues and its total opportunity costs.