Elakin Inc., a calendar year taxpayer, paid $339,000 for machinery (seven-year recovery property) placed in service on August 29, 2012. The machinery was Elakin's only asset purchase during 2012, and Elakin's taxable income before any Section 179 deduction was $14 million.
a. Compute Elakin's 2012 cost recovery deduction with respect to the machinery.
b. How would your answer change if the cost of the machinery was $650,000 instead of $339,000?
c. How would your answer to a. change if Elakin's taxable income before any Section 179 deduction was $81,400 instead of $14 million?

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The Answer of Elakin Inc., a calendar year taxpayer, paid $339,000 for machinery (seven-year recovery property) placed in service on August 29, 2012. The machinery was Elakin's only asset purchase during 2012, and Elakin's taxable income before any Section 179 deduction was $14 million.
a. Compute Elakin's 2012 cost recovery deduction with respect to the machinery.
b. How would your answer change if the cost of the machinery was $650,000 instead of $339,000?
c. How would your answer to a. change if Elakin's taxable income before any Section 179 deduction was $81,400 instead of $14 million?