White Company Acquires a New Machine (Seven-Year Property) on January

question 8

Multiple Choice

White Company acquires a new machine (seven-year property) on January 10,2015,at a cost of $600,000.White makes the election to expense the maximum amount under § 179.No election is made to use the straight-line method.White does take additional first-year depreciation.Determine the total deductions in calculating taxable income related to the machine for 2015 assuming White has taxable income of $800,000.

• A)$71,593
• B)$128,610
• C)$385,296
• D)$390,868
• E)None of the above

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