Question

A taxpayer places a $50,000 5-year recovery period asset in service in 2019. This is the only asset placed in service in 2019. Assuming half-year convention, bonus depreciation, and taxable income before cost recovery of $5,000, what is the amount of cost recovery in 2019?

Answer 1

Answer:$50000

Explanation:

Recovery period of the asset means that the company starts to realize its depreciation for the assets. In the recovery period the taxpayer will start to write off the asset with the depreciation value calculated using the useful years of the asset.

Half year convention means that the assets have been used for the first half of the year and the rest of the depreciation amount will be deductible at the end of the year. So the entire useful value of the asset is taken for the amount of cost of recovery in the year 2019.