White company acquires a new machine for $75,000 and uses it in white’s manufacturing operations. a few months after white places the machine in service, it discovers that the machine is not suitable for white’s business. white had fully expensed the machine in the year of acquisition using § 179. white sells the machine for $60,000 after it held the machine only for a total of 15 months. what was the tax status of the machine when it was disposed of and the amount of the gain or loss?
(a) an ordinary asset and $60,000 loss.
(b) a § 1231 asset and $60,000 gain
(c) an ordinary asset and $60,000 gain.
(d) a § 1231 asset and $60,000 loss.
(e) a capital asset and $60,000 gain.

Croy inc. has the following projected sales for the next five months: month sales in units april 3,850 may 3,875 june 4,260 july 4,135 august 3,590 croy’s finished goods inventory policy is to have 60 percent of the next month’s sales on hand at the end of each month. direct material costs $2.50 per pound, and each unit requires 2 pounds. raw materials inventory policy is to have 50 percent of the next month’s production needs on hand at the end of each month. raw materials on hand at march 31 totaled 3,741 pounds. 1. determine budgeted production for april, may, and june. 2. determine the budgeted cost of materials purchased for april, may, and june. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.)