IRC Section 1245, 1250, and 291 all deal with the recapture of depreciation taken on the asset sold. Specifically, section 1245 deals with the recapture of depreciable personalty, Section 1250 addresses recapture on depreciable realty, and Section 291 addressed the recapture of excess of accelerated depreciation for business realty owned by a corporation. These sections on recapture are a utilized to reduce the applicability of favorable capital gains treatment, since they result a portion or all of the gain to be recognized as ordinary income, which leads to the gain being taxed at the taxpayers regular rate. Depreciation recapture is a way to ensure that taxpayers do not over or prematurely depreciate an asset with the intent to with the intent that they can receive beneficial tax treatment in the years the depreciation is taken and upon the sale of the asset (subject to long-term capital gains rates). In effect, the recapture rules limit the taxpayers "best of both worlds" tax treatment surrounding depreciable capital…