White Company acquires a new machine (seven-year property) on January 10, 2013, at a cost of $600,000. White makes the election to expense the maximum amount under § 179. No election is made to use the straight line method. White does take additional first-year depreciation. Determine the total deductions in calculating taxable income related to the machine for 2013 assuming White has taxable income of $800,000.
a. $71,593
b. $128,610
c. $385,296
d. $390,868
e. None of these
Answer: e