.When tangible personal property is sold, the tax gain is based on the difference between the asset's adjusted basis and the selling price. Any gain up to the amount of depreciation taken is deemed depreciation recapture and taxed as ordinary income. Example - Madison bought a machine for $10,000. Five years later its adjusted basis is $4,000. Madison sells the asset for $9,000. The gain is $5,000, all of which is depreciation recapture. If Madison sold the asset for $11,000, it would have $6,000 in depreciation recapture (ordinary income) and $1,000 of capital gain. CAUTION. The rules for real property are more complicated..Small Business Taxes & Management 2.
Depreciation Recapture: translationThe gain received from the sale of depreciable capital property that must be reported as income. Depreciation recapt... смотреть