Parent Corporation Purchases a Machine (A Five-Year Property)for $20,000

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Essay

Parent Corporation purchases a machine (a five-year property)for $20,000. It claims $4,000 of depreciation under the MACRS rules in the first year it owns the property. At the close of business on the last day of the first year, Parent sells the machine to a 100%-owned corporation (Subsidiary)for $18,000. Subsidiary immediately commences depreciating the machine as a five-year property using the regular MACRS rules.
What gain is reported by Parent Corporation in the first year that Subsidiary Corporation depreciates the machine?

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Definitions:

Output

Output is the quantity of goods or services produced by a company, industry, or economy within a specified period.

Average Product

The output per unit of input, calculated by dividing total output by the quantity of inputs.

Law of Diminishing Returns

An economic principle stating that as additional units of a factor of production are added to a fixed amount of another factor, the incremental increase in output will eventually decrease.

Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus was an 18th-century British economist and demographer, best known for his theory that population growth would outpace agricultural production, leading to widespread poverty and famine.