Material handling equipment used in the manufacture of sugar is purchased and installed for $250,000. It is placed in service in the middle of the tax year and removed from service 5.5 years later. Determine the MACRSGDS depreciation deduction during each of the tax years involved assuming: a. What is the MACRS-GDS property class? b. The equipment is removed 1 day before the end of the tax year. c. The equipment is removed 1 day after the end of the tax year.

Material handling equipment used in the manufacture of sugar is purchased and installed for $250,000. It is placed in service in the middle of the tax year and removed from service 5.5 years later. Determine the MACRSGDS depreciation deduction during each of the tax years involved assuming: a. What is the MACRS-GDS property class? b. The equipment is removed 1 day before the end of the tax year. c. The equipment is removed 1 day after the end of the tax year.

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