SERVICE PROVIDES CLASS LIVES FOR DEPRECIATION PURPOSES.
Rev. Proc. 87-56; 1987-2 C.B. 674
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Clarified and Modified by Rev. Proc. 88-22
Rev. Proc. 87-56
SECTION 1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this revenue procedure is to set forth the class lives of property that are necessary to compute the depreciation allowances available under section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by section 201(a) of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Act), 1986-3 (Vol. 1) C.B. 38. Rev. Proc. 87-57, page 17, this Bulletin, describes the applicable depreciation methods, applicable recovery periods, and applicable conventions that must be used in computing depreciation allowances under section 168.
SEC. 2. GENERAL RULES OF APPLICATION
01 IN GENERAL. This revenue procedure specifies class lives and recovery periods for property subject to depreciation under the general depreciation system provided in section 168(a) of the Code or the alternative depreciation system provided in section 168(g).
02 DEFINITION OF CLASS LIFE. Except with respect to certain assigned property described in section 3 of this revenue procedure, for purposes of both the general depreciation system and the alternative depreciation system, the term "class life" means the class life that would be applicable for any property as of January 1, 1986, under section 167(m) of the Code (determined without regard to paragraph 4 thereof and determined as if the taxpayer had made an election under section 167(m)). The class life that would be applicable for any property as of January 1, 1986, under section 167(m), is the asset guideline period (midpoint class life) for the asset guideline class in which such property is classified under Rev. Proc. 83-35, 1983-1 C.B. 745. However, for purposes of the alternative depreciation system, section 168(g)(3)(B) assigns a class life to certain property that is taken into account under section 168 rather than the class life that would be applicable as of January 1, 1986. The class life of property that is either determined as of January 1, 1986, under Rev. Proc. 83-35 or assigned under section 168(g)(3)(B) may be modified by the Secretary pursuant to authority granted under section 168(i)(1). See section 4 of this revenue procedure.
03 REV. PROC. 83-35. Rev. Proc. 83-35 sets out the asset guideline classes, asset guideline periods and ranges, and annual asset guideline repair allowance percentages for the Class Life Asset Depreciation Range System. The asset guideline periods (midpoint class lives) set out in Rev. Proc. 83-35 are also used in defining the classes of recovery property under the Accelerated Cost Recovery System (that is, section 168 of the Code as in effect prior to amendment by section 201 of the Act). Rev. Proc. 83-35 remains effective for property subject to depreciation under those systems. Rev. Proc. 83-35 does not apply to property subject to depreciation under section 168, other than as a basis for determining the class lives of such property under section 2.02 of this revenue procedure.
04 PROPERTY WITH NO CLASS LIFE. Property that is neither described in an asset guideline class listed in section 5 of this revenue procedure nor assigned a class life under section 168(g)(3)(B) of the Code is treated as property having no class life for purposes of section 168 unless and until a class life is prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to the authority granted under section 168(i)(1). See section 4 of this revenue procedure. The general and alternative depreciation systems contain separate rules for classifying property that does not have a class life.
SEC. 3. ASSIGNED PROPERTY WITH ASSIGNED CLASS LIVES, RECOVERY CLASSES, OR RECOVERY PERIODS
Under section 168(i)(1)(E) of the Code, the term "assigned property" means property for which a class life, recovery class, or recovery period is assigned under section 168(e)(3) or section 168(g)(3)(B), (C), or (D), and the term "assigned item" means the class life, recovery class, or recovery period assigned under section 168(e)(3) or section 168(g)(3)(B), (C), or (D). For purposes of the general depreciation system assigned property under section 168(c)(3) is assigned to a recovery class without regard to such property's class life. (See section 3.02 of Rev. Proc. 87-57, this Bulletin.) For purposes of the alternative depreciation system, certain assigned property is assigned a class life under section 168(g)(3)(B), notwithstanding such property's class life as set out in Rev. Proc. 83-35. See section 3.03 of Rev. Proc. 87-57, this Bulletin. For purposes of the alternative depreciation system, certain assigned property is assigned a recovery period under section 168(g)(3)(C), (D), or (E), notwithstanding such property's class life (if any).
SEC. 4. PRESCRIPTION AND MODIFICATION OF CLASS LIVES
01 Section 168(i)(1)(B) of the Code provides that the Secretary, through an office established in the Treasury, shall monitor and analyze actual experience with respect to all depreciable assets. Except in the case of section 1250 property that is residential rental property or nonresidential real property, the Secretary, through that office, (i) may prescribe a new class life for any property, (ii) in the case of assigned property, may modify any assigned item, or (iii) may prescribe a class life for any property that does not have a class life within the meaning of section 2.02 of this revenue procedure. Any class life or assigned item that is prescribed or modified pursuant to this authority shall be used for all purposes in determining depreciation allowances under the general depreciation system and the alternative depreciation system. In the case of assigned property as defined in section 168(i)(1)(E), no class life set forth in this revenue procedure nor any other assigned item may be modified, unless such modification reflects a shortening of such class life, for property placed in service prior to January 1, 1992.
02 Prescription or modification of class lives under the authority granted in section 168(i)(1)(B) of the Code shall reflect the anticipated useful lives, and the anticipated decline in value over time (that is, economic depreciation) of an asset to the industry or other group. Rules and practices governing prescription and modification of class lives pursuant to the authority granted in section 168(i)(1)(B) shall be announced through the office referred to in section 4.01 of this revenue procedure.
SEC. 5. TABLES OF CLASS LIVES AND RECOVERY PERIODS
01 Except for property described in section 5.02, below, the class lives (if any) and recovery periods for property subject to depreciation under section 168 of the Code appear in the tables below. These tables are based on the definition of class life in section 2.02 of this revenue procedure and the assigned items described in section 3 of this revenue procedure.
02 For purposes of depreciation under the general depreciation system, residential rental property has a recovery period of 27.5 years and nonresidential real property has a recovery period of 31.5 years. For purposes of the alternative depreciation system, residential rental and nonresidential real property each has a recovery period of 40 years.
03 Generally, the asset classes in the tables are incorporated from the asset guideline classes in Rev. Proc. 83-35 as of January 1, 1986. However, descriptions of the following asset classes have been amended or added: 00.12, 00.3, 01.221, 01.222, 01.3, 01.4, 36.0, 36.1, 40.4, 48.12, 48.121, 48.31-48.45, 50 and 51. Certain asset guideline classes in Rev. Proc. 83-35 included property on the basis of regulated accounts. For purposes of section 168 of the Code and this revenue procedure, asset classes include property described therein without regard to whether a taxpayer is a regulated public utility or an unregulated company.
04 In addition to specifying class lives for each asset guideline class, the tables list certain property for which a recovery period is assigned, notwithstanding such property's class life (if any). See section 3 of this revenue procedure. The listed assigned property classes (denoted A-E) generally do not correspond to asset guideline classes for which class lives are specified in the tables. The class life (if any) of an item of assigned property described in classes A-E is determined by reference to the asset guideline class (if any) containing such item of property. If an item of assigned property described in classes A-E is not contained in any asset guideline class, such item of property has no class life.
EXAMPLES. Qualified technological equipment as defined in section 168(i)(2) (class B) is assigned a recovery period of 5 years for both the general and alternative depreciation systems, notwithstanding such property's class life (if any). Property which is a computer or peripheral equipment, high technology telephone station equipment installed on the customer's premises or high technology medical equipment within the meaning of section 168(i)(2), may be described in asset guideline class 00.12 (class life 6 years), 48.13 (class life 10 years) or 57.0 (class life 9 years), respectively. Property used in connection with research and experimentation referred to in section 168(e)(3)(B) (class C) is assigned a recovery period of 5 years for the general depreciation system, notwithstanding its class life (if any). Such property's recovery period for the alternative depreciation system is based on its class life (if any). An item of property used in connection with research and experimentation has a class life if such property is contained in an asset guideline class.
05 The following special rules are incorporated from Rev. Proc. 83-35, sections 2.02(iii) and (iv):
1. Asset guideline class 00.3, "Land Improvements," includes "other tangible property" that qualifies under section 1.48-1(d) of the Income Tax Regulations. However, a structure that is essentially an item of machinery or equipment or a structure that houses property used as an integral part of an activity specified in section 48(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Code, if the use of the structure is so closely related to the use of the property that the structure clearly can be expected to be replaced when the property it initially houses is replaced, is included in the asset guideline class appropriate to the equipment to which it is related.
2 Asset class 30.11 includes general rebuilding or rehabilitation costs for the special tools defined in class 30.11 that have been traditionally capitalized as the cost of a new asset.
SEC. 6. EFFECT ON OTHER REVENUE PROCEDURES
Rev. Proc. 83-35 is obsoleted for property that is subject to section 168 of the Code.
The principal author of this revenue procedure is Mr. Rick Robbins of the Corporation Tax Division. For further information regarding this revenue procedure, contact Mr. Rick Robbins on (202) 566-4440 (not a toll-free call).
Recovery Periods
(in years)
Class General Alternative
Life Depre- Depre-
Asset (in ciation ciation
class Description of assets included years) System System
_____ ______________________________ ______ _______ ___________
SPECIFIC DEPRECIABLE ASSETS USED IN ALL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES, EXCEPT
AS NOTED:
00.11 OFFICE FURNITURE, FIXTURES
AND EQUIPMENT:
Includes furniture and fixtures that
are not a structural component of a
building. Includes such assets as
desks, files, safes, and
communications equipment. Does not
include communications equipment
that is included in other classes 10 7 10
00.12 INFORMATION SYSTEMS:
Includes computers and their
peripheral equipment used in
administering normal business
transactions and the maintenance of
business records, their retrieval
and analysis.
Information systems are defined as:
1) Computers: A computer is a
programmable electronically
activated device capable of
accepting information, applying
prescribed processes to the
information, and supplying the
results of these processes with or
without human intervention. It
usually consists of a central
processing unit containing extensive
storage, logic, arithmetic, and
control capabilities. Excluded from
this category are adding machines,
electronic desk calculators, etc.
and other equipment described in
class 00.13
2) Peripheral equipment consists of
the auxiliary machines which are
designed to be placed under control
of the central processing unit.
Nonlimiting examples are: Card
readers, card punches, magnetic tape
fees, high speed printers, optical
character readers, tape cassettes,
mass storage units, paper tape
equipment, keypunches, data entry
devices, teleprinters, terminals,
tape drives, disc drives, disc
files, disc packs, visual image
projector tubes, card sorters,
plotters, and collators. Peripheral
equipment may be used on-line or off-
line.
Does not include equipment that is
an integral part of other capital
equipment that is included in other
classes of economic activity, i.e.,
computers used primarily for process
or production control, switching,
channeling, and automating
distributive trades and services
such as point of sale (POS) computer
systems. Also, does not include
equipment of a kind used primarily
for amusement or entertainment of
the user 6 5 1 5 1
00.13 DATA HANDLING EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
COMPUTERS:
Includes only typewriters,
calculators, adding and accounting
machines, copiers, and duplicating
equipment 6 5 6
00.21 AIRPLANES (AIRFRAMES AND ENGINES),
EXCEPT THOSE USED IN COMMERCIAL OR
CONTRACT CARRYING OF PASSENGERS OR
FREIGHT, AND ALL HELICOPTERS
(AIRFRAMES AND ENGINES) 6 5 6
00.22 AUTOMOBILES, TAXIS 3 5 5
00.23 BUSES 9 5 9
00.241 LIGHT GENERAL PURPOSE TRUCKS:
Includes trucks for use over the
road (actual unloaded weight less
than 13,000 pounds) 4 5 5
00.242 HEAVY GENERAL PURPOSE TRUCKS:
Includes heavy general purpose
trucks, concrete ready mix-
truckers, and ore trucks, for use
over the road (actual unloaded
weight 13,000 pounds or more) 6 5 6
00.25 RAILROAD CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES,
EXCEPT THOSE OWNED BY RAILROAD
TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES 15 7 15
00.26 TRACTOR UNITS FOR USE OVER-THE-
ROAD 4 3 4
00.27 TRAILERS AND TRAILER-MOUNTED
CONTAINERS 6 5 6
00.28 VESSELS, BARGES, TUGS, AND SIMILAR
WATER TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT,
EXCEPT THOSE USED IN MARINE
CONSTRUCTION 18 10 18
00.3 LAND IMPROVEMENTS:
Includes improvements directly to
or added to land, whether such
improvements are section 1245
property or section 1250 property,
provided such improvements are
depreciable. Examples of such
assets might include sidewalks,
roads, canals, waterways, drainage
facilities, sewers (not including
municipal sewers in Class 51),
wharves and docks, bridges,
fences, landscaping, shubbery, or
radio and television transmitting
towers. Does not include land
improvements that are explicitly
included in any other class, and
buildings and structural
components as defined in section
1.48-1(e) of the regulations.
Excludes public utility initial
clearing and grading land
improvements as specified in Rev.
Rul. 72-403, 1972-2 C.B. 102 20 15 20
00.4 INDUSTRIAL STEAM AND ELECTRIC
GENERATION AND/OR DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEMS:
Includes assets, whether such
assets are section 1245 property
or 1250 property, providing such
assets are depreciable, used in
the production and/or distribution
of electricty with rated total
capacity in excess of 500
Kilowatts and/or assets used in
the production and/or distribution
of steam with rated total capacity
in excess of 12,500 pounds per
hour for use by the taxpayer in
its industrial manufacturing
process or plant activity and not
ordinarily available for sale to
others. Does not include buildings
and structural components as
defined in section 1.48-1(e) of
the regulations. Assets used to
generate and/or distribute
electricity or steam of the type
described above but of lesser
rated capacity are not included,
but are included in the
appropriate manufacturing
equipment classes elsewhere
specified. Also includes electric
generating and steam distribution
assets, which may utilize steam
produced by a waste reduction and
resource recovery plan, used by
the taxpayer in its industrial
manufacturing process or plant
activity. Steam and chemical
recovery boiler systems used for
the recovery and regeneration of
chemicals used in manufacturing,
with rated capacity in excess of
that described above, with
specifically related distribution
and return systems are not
included but are included in
appropriate manufacturing
equipment classes elsewhere
specified. An example of an
excluded steam and chemical
recovery boiler system is that
used in the pulp and paper
manufacturing industry 22 15 22
Recovery Periods
(in years)
Class General Alternative
Life Depre- Depre-
Asset (in ciation ciation
class Description of assets included years) System System
_____ ______________________________ ______ _______ ___________
DEPRECIABLE ASSETS USED IN THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:
01.1 AGRICULTURE:
Includes machinery and equipment,
grain bins, and fences but no
other land improvements, that are
used in the production of crops
or plants, vines, and trees;
livestock; the operation of farm
dairies, nurseries, greenhouses,
sod farms, mushroom cellars,
cranberry bogs, apiaries, and fur
farms; the performance of
agriculture, animal husbandry, and
horticultural services 10 7 10
01.11 COTTON GINNING ASSETS 12 7 12
01.21 CATTLE, BREEDING OR DAIRY 7 5 7
01.22 HORSES, BREEDING OR WORK 10 7 10
01.221 ANY HORSE THAT IS NOT A RACE
HORSE AND THAT IS MORE THAN
12 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME IT
IS PLACED IN SERVICE 10 3 10
01.222 ANY RACE HORSE THAT IS MORE
THAN 2 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME
IT IS PLACED IN SERVICE 2 3 12
01.23 HOGS, BREEDING 3 3 3
01.24 SHEEP AND GOATS, BREEDING 5 5 5
01.3 FARM BUILDING EXCEPT STRUCTURES
INCLUDED IN CLASS 01.4 25 20 25
01.4 SINGLE PURPOSE AGRICULTURAL OR
HORTICULTURAL STRUCTURES (WITHIN
THE MEANING OF SECTION 48(p) OF THE
CODE) 15 7 15
10.0 MINING:
Includes assets used in the mining
and quarrying of metallic and
nonmetallic minerals (including
sand, gravel, stone, and clay) and
the milling, beneficiation and
other primary preparation of such
materials 10 7 10
13.0 OFFSHORE DRILLING:
Including assets used in offshore
drilling for oil and gas such as
floating, self-propelled and other
drilling vessels, barges,
platforms, and drilling equipment
and support vessels such as
tenders, barges, towboats and
crewboats. Excludes oil and gas
production assets 7.5 5 7.5
13.1 DRILLING OF OIL AND GAS WELLS:
Includes assets used in the
drilling of onshore oil and gas
wells and the provision of
geophysical and other exploration
services; and the provision of
such oil and gas field services as
chemical treatment, plugging and
abandoning of wells and cementing
or perforating well casings. Does
not include assets used in the
performance of any of these
activities and services by
integrated petroleum and natural
gas producers for their own
account 6 5 6
13.2 EXPLORATION FOR AND PRODUCTION OF
PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
DEPOSITS:
Includes assets used by petroleum
and natural gas producers for
drilling of wells and production
of petroleum and natural gas,
including gathering pipelines and
related storage facilities. Also
includes petroleum and natural gas
offshore transportation facilities
used by producers and others
consisting of platforms (other
than drilling platforms classified
in Class 13.0), compression or
pumping equipment, and gathering
and transmission lines to the
first onshore transshipment
facility. The assets used in the
first onshore transshipment
facility are also included and
consist of separation equipment
(used for separation of natural
gas, liquids, and solids),
compression or pumping equipment
(other than equipment classified
in Class 49.23), and liquid
holding or storage facilities
(other than those classified in
Class 49.25). Does not include
support vessels 14 7 14
13.3 PETROLEUM REFINING:
Includes assets used for the
distillation, fractionation, and
catalytic cracking of crude
petroleum into gasoline and its
other components 16 10 16
15.0 CONSTRUCTION:
Includes assets used in
construction by general building,
special trade, heavy and marine
construction contractors,
operative and investment builders,
real estate subdividers and
developers, and others except
railroads 6 5 6
20.1 MANUFACTURE OF GRAIN AND GRAIN MILL
PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the
production of flours, cereals,
livestock fees, and other grain
and grain mill products 17 10 17
20.2 MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR AND SUGAR
PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the
production of raw sugar, syrup, or
finished sugar from sugar cane or
sugar beets 18 10 18
20.3 MANUFACTURE OF VEGETABLE OILS AND
VEGETABLE OIL PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the
production of oil from vegetable
materials and the manufacture of
related vegetable oil products 18 10 18
20.4 MANUFACTURE OF OTHER FOOD AND
KINDRED PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the
production of foods and beverages
not included in classes 20.1, 20.2
and 20.3 12 7 12
20.5 MANUFACTURE OF FOOD AND BEVERAGES --
SPECIAL HANDLING DEVICES:
Includes assets defined as
specialized materials handling
devices such as returnable
pallets, palletized containers,
and fish processing equipment
including boxes, baskets, carts,
and flaking trays used in
activities as defined in classes
20.1, 20.2, 20.3 and 20.4. Does
not include general purpose small
tools such as wrenches and drills,
both hand and power-driven, and
other general purpose equipment
such as conveyors, transfer
equipment, and materials handling
devices 4 3 4
21.0 MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO
PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the
production of cigarettes, cigars,
smoking and chewing tobacco,
snuff, and other tobacco products 15 7 15
22.1 MANUFACTURE OF KNITTED GOODS:
Includes assets used in the
production of knitted and netted
fabrics and lace. Assets used in
yarn preparation, bleaching,
dyeing, printing, and other
similar finishing processes,
texturing, and packaging, are
elsewhere classified. 7.5 5 7.5
22.2 MANUFACTURE OF YARN, THREAD, AND
WOVEN FABRIC:
Includes assets used in the
production of spun yarns including
the preparing, blending,
spinning, and twisting of fibers
into yarns and threads, the
preparation of yarns such as
twisting, warping, and winding,
the production of covered elastic
yarn and thread, cordage, woven
fabric, tire fabric, braided
fabric, twisted jute for
packaging, mattresses, pads,
sheets, and industrial belts, and
the processing of textile mill
waste to recover fibers, flocks,
and shoddies. Assets used to
manufacture carpets, man-made
fibers, and nonwovens, and assets
used in texturing, bleaching,
dyeing, printing, and other
similar finishing processes, are
elsewhere classified 11 7 11
22.3 MANUFACTURE OF CARPETS, AND
DYEING, FINISHING, AND PACKAGING
OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS AND
MANUFACTURE OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL
SUPPLIES:
Includes assets used in the
production of carpets, rugs, mats,
woven carpet backing, chenille, and
and other tufted products, and
assets used in the joining together
of backing with carpet yarn or fabric.
Includes assets used in washing,
scouring, bleaching, dyeing, printing,
drying, and similar finishing processes
applied to textile fabrics, yarns,
threads, and other textile products,
other than apparel, by ceasing,
forming, trimming, cutting, and sewing,
such as the preparation of carpet and
fabric samples, or similar joining
together processes (other than the
preparation of scrim reinforced paper
products and laminated paper products),
such as the sewing and folding of
hosiery and panty hose, and creasing,
folding, trimming, and cutting of
fabrics to produce nonwoven products,
such as disposable diapers and sanitary
products. Also includes assets used in
the production of medical and dental
supplies other than drugs and medicines.
Assets used in the manufacture of
nonwoven carpet backing, and hard
surface floor covering, such as tile,
rubber, and cork, are elsewhere
classified. 9 5 9
22.4 MANUFACTURE OF TEXTURED YARNS:
Includes assets used in the
processing of yarns to impart bulk
and/or stretch properties to the
yarn. The principal machines
involved are falsetwist, draw,
beam-to-beam, and stuffer box
texturing equipment and related
highspeed twisters and winders.
Assets, as described above, which
are used to further process man-
made fibers are elsewhere
classified when located in the
same plant in an integrated
operation with man-made fiber
producing assets. Assets used to
manufacture man-made fibers and
assets used in bleaching, dyeing,
printing, and other similar
finishing processes, are elsewhere
classifed 8 5 8
22.5 MANUFACTURE OF NONWOVEN FABRICS:
Includes assets used in the
production of nonwoven fabrics,
felt goods including felt hats,
padding, batting, wadding, oakum,
and fillings, from new materials
and from textile mill waste.
Nonwoven fabrics are defined as
fabrics (other than reinforced and
laminated composites consisting of
nonwovens and other products)
manufactured by bonding natural
and/or synthetic fibers and/or
filaments by means of induced
mechanical interlocking, fluid
entanglement, chemical adhesion,
thermal or solvent reaction, or by
combination thereof other than
natural hydration bonding as
occurs with natural cellulose
fibers. Such means include resin
bonding, web bonding, and melt
bonding. Specifically includes
assets used to make flocked and
needle punched products other than
carpets and rugs. Assets, as
described above, which are used to
manufacture nonwovens are
elsewhere classified when located
in the same plant in an integrated
operation with man-made fiber
producing assets. Assets used to
manufacture man-made fibers and
assets used in bleaching, dyeing,
printing, and other similar
finishing processes, are elsewhere
classified. 10 7 10
23.0 MANUFACTURE OF APPAREL AND OTHER
FINISHED PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the
production of clothing and
fabricated textile products by the
cutting and sewing of woven
fabrics, other textile products,
and furs; but does not include
assets used in the manufacture of
apparel from rubber and leather 9 5 9
24.1 CUTTING OF TIMBER:
Includes logging machinery and
equipment and roadbuilding
equipment used by logging and
sawmill operators and pulp
manufacturers for their own
account 6 5 6
24.2 SAWING OF DIMENSIONAL STOCK FROM
LOGS:
Includes machinery and equipment
installed in permanent or well
established sawmills 10 7 10
24.3 SAWING OF DIMENSIONAL STOCK FROM
LOGS:
Includes machinery and equipment
installed in sawmills
characterized by temporary
foundations and a lack, or minimum
amount, of lumber handling, drying,
and residue disposal equipment and
facilities 6 5 6
24.4 MANUFACTURE OF WOOD PRODUCTS, AND
FURNITURE:
Includes assets used in the
production of plywood, hardboard,
flooring, veneers, furniture, and
other wood products, including the
treatment of poles and timber 10 7 10
26.1 MANUFACTURE OF PULP AND PAPER:
Includes assets for pulp materials
handling and storage, pulp mill
processing, bleach processing,
paper and paperboard
manufacturing, and on-line
finishing. Includes pollution
control assets and all land
improvements associated with the
factory site or production process
such as effluent ponds and canals,
provided such improvements are
depreciable but does not include
building and structural components
as defined in section 1.48-1(e)(1)
of the regulations. Includes steam
and chemical recovery boiler
systems, with any rated capacity,
used for the recovery and
regeneration of chemicals used in
manufacturing. Does not include
assets used either in pulpwood
logging, or in the manufacture or
hardboard. 13 7 13
26.2 MANUFACTURE OF CONVERTED PAPER,
PAPERBOARD, AND PULP PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used for
modification, or remanufacture of
paper and pulp into converted
products, such as paper coated off
the paper machine, paper bags,
paper boxes, cartons and
envelopes. Does not include assets
used for manufacture of nonwovens
that are elsewhere classified 10 7 10
27.0 PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES:
Includes assets used in printing
by one or more processes, such as
letter-press, lithography,
gravure, or screen; the
performance of services for the
printing trade, such as
bookbinding, typesetting,
engraving, photo-engraving, and
electrotyping; and the publication
of newspapers, books and
periodicals 11 7 11
28.0 MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICALS AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used to
manufacture basic organic and
inorganic chemicals; chemical
products to be used in further
manufacture, such as synthetic
fibers and plastics materials; and
finished chemical products.
Includes assets used to further
process man-made fibers, to
manufacture plastic film, and to
manufacture nonwoven fabrics, when
such assets are located in the
same plant in an integrated
operation with chemical products
producing assets. Also includes
assets used to manufacture
photographic supplies, such as
film, photographic paper,
sensitized photographic paper, and
developing chemicals. Includes all
land improvements associated with
plant site or production
processes, such as effluent ponds
and canals, provided such land
improvements are depreciable but
does not include building and
structural components as defined
in section 1.48-1(e) of the
regulations. Does not include
assets used in the manufacture of
finished rubber and plastic
products or in the production of
natural gas products, butane,
propane, and by-products of
natural gas production plants 9.5 5 9.5
30.1 MANUFACTURE OF RUBBER PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used for the
production of products from
natural, synthetic, or reclaimed
rubber, gutta percha, balata, or
gutta siak, such as tires, tubes,
rubber sundries; and in the
recapping, retreading, and
rebuilding of tires 14 7 14
30.11 MANUFACTURE OF RUBBER PRODUCTS --
SPECIAL TOOLS AND DEVICES:
Includes assets defined as special
tools, such as jigs, dies,
mandrels, molds, lasts, patterns,
specialty containers, pallets,
shells; and tire molds, and
accessory parts such as rings and
insert plates used in activities
as defined in class 30.1. Does not
include tire building drums and
accessory parts and general
purpose small tools such as
wrenches and drills, both power
and hand-driven, and other general
purpose equipment such as
conveyors and transfer equipment 4 3 4
30.2 MANUFACTURE OF FINISHED PLASTIC
PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the
manufacture of plastics products
and the molding of primary
plastics for the trade. Does not
include assets used in the
manufacture of basic plastics
materials nor the manufacture of
phonograph records 11 7 11
30.21 MANUFACTURE OF FINISHED PLASTIC
PRODUCTS -- SPECIAL TOOLS:
Includes assets defined as special
tools, such as jigs, dies,
fixtures, molds, patterns, gauges,
and specialty transfer and
shipping devices, used in
activities as defined in class
30.2. Special tools are
specifically designed for the
production or processing of
particular parts and have no
significant; utilitarian value and
cannot be adapted to further or
different use after changes or
improvements are made in the model
design of the particular part
produced by the special tools. Does
not include general purpose small
tools such as wrenches and drills,
both hand and power-driven, and
other general purpose equipment such
as conveyors, transfer equipment, and
materials handling devices 3.5 3 3.5
31.0 MANUFACTURE OF LEATHER AND LEATHER
PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the tanning,
currying, and finishing of hides and
skins; the processing of fur pelts;
and the manufacture of finished
leather products, such as footwear,
belting, apparel, and luggage 11 7 11
32.1 MANUFACTURE OF GLASS PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the
production of flat, brown, or
pressed products of glass, such as
float and window glass, glass
containers, glassware and
fiberglass. Does not include assets
used in the manufacture of lenses 14 7 14
32.11 MANUFACTURE OF GLASS PRODUCTS --
SPECIAL TOOLS:
Includes assets defined as special
tools such as molds, patterns,
pallets, and specialty transfer and
shipping devices such as steel racks
to transport automotive glass, used
in activities as defined in class
32.1. Special tools are specifically
designed for the production or
processing of particular parts and
have no significant utilitarian
value and cannot be adapted to
further or different use after
changes or improvements are made in
the model design of the particular
part produced by the special tools.
Does not include general purpose
small tools such as wrenches and
drills, both hand and power-driven,
and other general purpose equipment
such as conveyors, transfer
equipment, and materials handling
devices 2.5 3 2.5
32.2 MANUFACTURE OF CEMENT:
Includes assets used in the
production of cement, but does not
include any assets used in the
manufacture of concrete and concrete
products nor in any mining or
extraction process 20 15 20
32.3 MANUFACTURE OF OTHER STONE AND CLAY
PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the
manufacture of products from
materials in the form of clay and
stone, such as brick, tile, and
pipe; pottery and related products,
such as vitreous-china, plumbing
fixtures, earthenware and ceramic
insulating materials; and also
includes assets used in manufacture
of concrete and concrete products.
Does not include assets used in any
mining or extraction processes 15 7 15
33.2 MANUFACTURE OF PRIMARY NONFERROUS
METALS:
Includes assets used in the smelting,
refining, and electrolysis of
nonferrous metals from ore, pig, or
scrap, the rolling, drawing, and
alloying of nonferrous metals; the
manufacture of castings, forgings,
and other basic products of
nonferrous metals; and the
manufacture of nails, spikes,
structural shapes, tubing, wire, and
cable 14 7 14
33.21 MANUFACTURE OF PRIMARY NONFERROUS
METALS -- SPECIAL TOOLS:
Includes assets defined as special
tools such as dies, jigs, molds,
patterns, fixtures, gauges, and
drawings concerning such special
tools used in the activities as
defined in class 33.2, Manufacture
of Primary Nonferrous Metals.
Special tools are specifically
designed for the production or
processing of particular products or
parts and have no significant
utilitarian value and cannot be
adapted to further or different use
after changes or improvements are
made in the model design of the
particular part produced by the
special tools. Does not include
general purpose small tools such as
wrenches and drills, both hand and
power-driven, and other general
purpose equipment such as conveyors,
transfer equipment, and materials
handling devices. Roll, mandrels and
refractories are not included in
class 33.21 but are included in
class 33.2 6.5 5 6.5
33.3 MANUFACTURE OF FOUNDRY PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the casting
of iron and steel, including related
operations such as molding and
coremaking. Also includes assets
used in the finishing of castings
and patternmaking when performed at
the foundry, all special tools and
related land improvements 14 7 14
33.4 MANUFACTURE OF PRIMARY STEEL
MILL PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the
smelting, reduction, and refining of
iron and steel from ore, pig, or scrap;
the rolling, drawing and alloying of
steel; the manufacture of nails,
spikes, structural shapes, tubing,
wire, and cable. Includes assets
used by steel service centers,
ferrous metal forges, and assets
used in coke production, regardless
of ownership. Also includes related
land improvements and all special
tools used in the above activities 15 7 15
34.0 MANUFACTURE OF FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS:
Include assets used in the
production of metal cans, tinware,
fabricated structural metal
products, metal stampings, and other
ferrous and nonferrous metal and
wire products not elsewhere
classified. Does not include assets
used to manufacture non-electric
heating apparatus 12 7 12
34.01 MANUFACTURE OF FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS -- SPECIAL TOOLS:
Includes assets defined as special
tools such as dies, jigs, molds,
patterns, fixtures, gauges, and
returnable containers and drawings
concerning such special tools used
in the activities as defined in
class 34.0. Special tools are
specifically designed for the
production or processing of
particular machine components,
products, or parts, and have no
significant utilitarian value and
cannot be adapted to further or
different use after changes or
improvements are made in the model
design of the particular part
produced by the special tools. Does
not include general purpose small
tools such as wrenches and drills,
both hand and power-driven, and
other general purpose equipment such
as conveyors, transfer equipment,
and material handling devices 3 3 3
35.0 MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRICAL AND NON-
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND
OTHER MECHANICAL PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used to manufacture
or rebuild finished machinery and
equipment and replacement parts
thereof such as machine tools,
general industrial and special
industry machinery, electrical power
generation, transmission, and
distribution systems, space heating,
cooling, and refrigeration systems,
commercial and home appliances, farm
and garden machinery, construction
machinery, mining and oil field
machinery, internal combustion
engines (except those elsewhere
classified), turbines (except those
that power airborne vehicles)
batteries, lamps and lighting
fixtures, carbon and graphite
products, and electromechanical and
mechanical products including
business machines, instruments,
watches and clocks, vending and
amusement machines, photographic
equipment, medical and dental
equipment and appliances, and
ophthalmic goods. Includes assets
used by manufacturers or rebuilders
of such finished machinery and
equipment in activities elsewhere
classified such as the manufacture
of castings, forgings, rubber and
plastic products, electronic
subassemblies or other manufacturing
activities if the interim products
are used by the same manufacturer
primarily in the manufacture,
assembly, or rebuilding of such
finished machinery and equipment.
Does not include assets used in
mining, assets used in the
manufacture of primary ferrous and
nonferrous metals, assets included
in class 00.11 through 00.4 and
assets elsewhere classified 10 7 10
36.0 MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS, PRODUCTS, AND SYSTEMS:
Include assets used in the
manufacture of electronic
communication, computation,
instrumentation and control system,
including airborne products such as
frequency and amplitude modulated
transmitters and receivers,
electronic switching stations,
television cameras, video recorders,
record players and tape recorders,
computers and computer peripheral
machines, and electronic
instruments, watches, and clocks;
also includes assets used in the
manufacture of components, provided
their primary use is in products and
systems defined above such as
electron tubes, capacitors, coils,
resistors, printed circuit
substrates, switches, harness
cables, lasers, fiber optic devices,
and magnetic media devices.
Specifically excludes assets used to
manufacture electronic product, and
componets, photocopiers,
typewriters, postage meters and
other electromechanical and
mechanical business machines and
instruments that are elsewhere
classified. Does not include
semiconductor manufacturing
equipment included in class 36.1 6 5 6
36.1 MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTORS:
Includes equipment used in the
manufacturing of semiconductors if
the primary use of the
semiconductors so produced is in
products and systems of the type
defined in class 36.0 5 5 5
37.11 MANUFACTURE OF MOTOR VEHICLES:
Includes assets used in the
manufacture and assembly of finished
automobiles, trucks, trailers,
motor homes, and buses. Does not
include assets used in mining,
printing and publishing, production
of primary metals, electricity, or
steam, or the manufacture of glass,
industrial chemicals, batteries, or
rubber products, which are
classified elsewhere. Includes
assets used in manufacturing
activities elsewhere classified
other than those excluded above,
where such activities are incidental
to and an integral part of the
manufacture and assembly of finished
metal products, electrical
equipment, textiles, plastics,
leather, and foundry and forging
operations. Does not include any
assets not classified in
manufacturing activity classes,
e.g., does not include assets
classified in asset classes 00.11
through 00.4. Activities will be
considered incidental to the
manufacture and assembly of finished
motor vehicles. Parts that are
produced as a normal replacement
stock complement in connection with
the manufacture and assembly of
finished motor vehicles. Do not
include assets used in the
manufacture of component parts if
these assets are used by taxpayers
not engaged in the assembly of
finished motor vehicles 12 7 12
37.12 MANUFACTURE OF MOTOR VEHICLES --
SPECIAL TOOLS:
Includes assets defined as special
tools, such as jigs, dies, fixtures,
molds, patterns, gauges, and
specialty transfer and shipping
devices, owned by manufacturers of
finished motor vehicles and used in
qualified activities as defined in
class 37.11. Special tools are
specifically designed for the
production or processing of
particular motor vehicle components
and have no significant utilitarian
value, and cannot be adapted to
further or different use, after
changes or improvements are made in
the model design of the particular
part produced by the special tools.
Does not include general purpose
small tools such as wrenches and
drills, both hand and powerdriven,
and other general purpose equipment
such as conveyors, transfer
equipment, and materials handling
devices 3 3 3
37.2 MANUFACTURE OF AEROSPACE PRODUCTS:
Includes assets used in the
manufacture and assembly of airborne
vehicles and their component parts
including hydraulic, pneumatic,
electrical, and mechanical systems.
Does not include assets used in the
production of electronic airborne
detection, guidance, control,
radiation, computation, test,
navigation, and communication
equipment or the components thereof 10 7 10
37.31 SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT:
Includes assets used in the
manufacture and repair of ships,
boats, caissons, marine drilling
rigs, and special fabrications not
included in asset classes 37.32 and
37.33. Specifically includes all
manufacturing and repairing
machinery and equipment, including
machinery and equipment used in the
operation of assets included in
asset class 37.32. Excludes
buildings and their structural
components 12 7 12
37.32 SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING DRY DOCKS AND
LAND IMPROVEMENTS:
Includes assets used in the
manufacture and repair of ships,
boats, caissons, marine drilling
rigs, and special fabrications not
included in asset classes 37.31 and
37.33. Specifically includes
floating and fixed dry docks, ship
basins, graving docks, shipways,
piers, and all other land
improvements such as water, sewer,
and electric systems. Excludes
buildings and their structural
components 16 10 16
37.33 SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING -- SPECIAL
TOOLS:
Includes assets defined as special
tools such as dies, jigs, molds,
patterns fixtures, gauges, and
drawings concerning such special
tools used in the activities defined
in classes 37.31 and 37.32. Special
tools are specifically designed for
the production or processing of
particular machine components,
products, or parts, and have no
significant utilitarian value and
cannot be adapted to further or
different use after changes or
improvements are made in the model
design of the particular part
produced by the special tools. Does
not include general purpose small
tools such as wrenches and drills,
both hand and power-driven, and
other general purpose equipment such
as conveyors, transfer equipment,
and materials handling devices 6.5 5 6.5
37.41 MANUFACTURE OF LOCOMOTIVES:
Includes assets used in building or
rebuilding railroad locomotives
(including mining and industrial
locomotives). Does not include
assets of railroad transportation
companies or assets of companies
which manufacture components of
locomotives but do not manufacture
finished locomotives. 11.5 7 11.5
37.42 MANUFACTURE OF RAILROAD CARS:
Includes assets used in building or
rebuilding railroad freight or
passenger cars (including rail
transit cars). Does not include
assets of railroad transportation
companies or assets of companies
which manufacture components of
railroad cars but do not manufacture
finished railroad cars 12 7 12
39.0 MANUFACTURE OF ATHLETIC, JEWELRY AND
OTHER GOODS:
Includes assets used in the
production of jewelry; musical
instruments; toys and sporting
goods; motion picture and television
films and tapes; and pens, pencil,
office and art supplies, brooms,
brushes, caskets, etc. 12 7 12
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION:
Classes with the prefix 40 include
the assets identified below that are
used in the commercial and contract
carrying of passengers and freight
by rail. Assets of electrified
railroads will be classified in a
manner corresponding to that set
forth below for railroads not
independently operated as electric
lines. Excludes the assets included
in classes with the prefix beginning
00.1 and 00.2 above, and also
excludes any non-depreciable assets
included in Interstate Commerce
Commission accounts enumerated for
this class.
40.1 RAILROAD MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT:
Includes assets classified in the
following Interstate Commerce
Commission accounts:
ROADWAY ACCOUNTS:
(16) Station and office building
(freight handling machinery and
equipment only)
(25) TOFC/COFC terminals (freight
handling machinery and equipment
only)
(26) Communication systems
(27) Signals and interlockers
(37) Roadway machines
(44) Shop machinery
EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTS:
(52) Locomotives
(53) Freight train cars
(54) Passenger train cars
(57) Work equipment 14 7 14
40.2 RAILROAD STRUCTURES AND SIMILAR
IMPROVEMENTS:
Includes assets classified in the
following Interstate Commerce
Commission road accounts:
(6) Bridges, trestles, and culverts
(7) Elevated structures
(13) Fences, snowsheds, and signs
(16) Station and office buildings
(stations and other operating
structures only)
(17) Roadway buildings
(18) Water stations
(19) Fuel stations
(20) Shops and enginehouses
(25) TOFC/COFC terminals (operating
structures only)
(31) Power transmission systems
(35) Miscellaneous structures
(39) Public improvements
construction 30 20 30
40.3 RAILROAD WHARVES AND DOCKS:
Includes assets classified in the
following Interstate Commerce
accounts:
(23) Wharves and docks
(24) Coal and ore wharves 20 15 20
40.4 RAILROAD TRACK 10 7 10
40.51 RAILROAD HYDRAULIC ELECTRIC
GENERATING EQUIPMENT 50 20 50
40.52 RAILROAD NUCLEAR ELECTRIC GENERATING
EQUIPMENT 20 15 20
40.53 RAILROAD STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING
EQUIPMENT 28 20 28
40.54 RAILROAD STEAM, COMPRESSED AIR, AND
OTHER POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT 28 20 28
41.0 MOTOR TRANSPORT-PASSENGERS:
Includes assets used in the urban
and interurban commercial and
contract carrying of passengers by
road, except the transportation
assets included in classes with the
prefix 00.2 8 5 8
42.0 MOTOR TRANSPORT-FREIGHT:
Includes assets used in the
commercial and contract carrying of
freight by road, except the
transportation assets included in
classes with the prefix 00.2 8 5 8
44.0 WATER TRANSPORTATION:
Includes assets used in the
commercial and contract carrying of
freight and passengers by water
except the transportation assets
included in classes with the prefix
00.2. Includes all related land
improvements 20 15 20
45.0 AIR TRANSPORT:
Includes assets (except helicopters)
used in commercial and contract
carrying of passengers and freight
by air. For purposes of section
1.167(a)-11(d)(2)(iv)(a) of the
regulations, expenditures for
"repair, maintenance,
rehabilitation, or improvement"
shall consist of direct maintenance
expenses (irrespective of
airworthiness provisions or charges)
as defined by Civil Aeronautics
Board uniform accounts 5200,
maintenance burden (exclusive of
expenses pertaining to maintenance
buildings and improvements) as
defined by Civil Aeronautics Board
uniform accounts 5300, and
expenditures which are not "excluded
additions" as defined in section
1.167(a)-11(d)(2)(vi) of the
regulations and which would be
charged to property and equipment
accounts in the Civil Aeronautics
Board uniform system of accounts 12 7 12
45.1 AIR TRANSPORT (RESTRICTED):
Includes each asset described in the
description of class 45.0 which was
held by the taxpayer on April 15,
1976, or is acquired by the taxpayer
pursuant to a contract which was, on
April 15, 1976, and at all times
thereafter, binding on the taxpayer.
This criterion of classification
based on binding contract concept is
to be applied in the same manner as
under the general rules expressed in
section 49(b)(1), (4), (5) and (8)
of the Code (as in effect prior to
its repeal by the Revenue Act of
1978, section 312(c)(1), (d), 1978-3
C.B. 1, 60) 6 5 6
46.0 PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION:
Includes assets used in the private,
commercial, and contract carrying of
petroleum, gas and other products by
means of pipes and conveyors. The
trunk lines and related storage
facilities of integrated petroleum
and natural gas producers are
included in this class. Excludes
initial clearing and grading land
improvements as specified in Rev.
Rul. 72-403, 1972-2 C.B. 102, but
includes all other related land
improvements 22 15 22
TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS:
Includes the assets identified below
and that are used in the provision
of commercial and contract telephonic
services such as:
48.11 TELEPHONE CENTRAL OFFICE BUILDINGS:
Includes assets intended to house
central office equipment, as defined
in Federal Communications Commission
Part 31 Account No. 212 whether
section 1245 or section 1250
property 45 20 45
48.12 TELEPHONE CENTRAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT:
Includes central office switching
and related equipment as defined in
Federal Communications Commission
Part 31 Account No. 221
Does not include computer-based
telephone central office switching
equipment included in class 48.121.
Does not include private branch
exchange (PBX) equipment 18 15 18
48.121 COMPUTER-BASED TELEPHONE CENTRAL
OFFICE SWITCHING EQUIPMENT:
Includes equipment whose functions
are those of a computer or
peripheral equipment (as defined in
section 168(i)(2)(B) of the Code)
used in its capacity as telephone
central office equipment. Does not
include private branch exchange
(PBX) equipment 9.5 5 9.5
48.13 TELEPHONE STATION EQUIPMENT:
Includes such station apparatus and
connections as teletypewriters,
telephones, booths, private
exchanges, and comparable equipment
as defined in Federal Communications
Commission Part 31 Account Nos. 231,
232, and 234 10 7 3 10 3
48.14 TELEPHONE DISTRIBUTION PLANT:
Includes such assets as pole lines,
cable, aerial wire, underground
conduits, and comparable equipment,
and related land improvements as
defined in Federal Communications
Commission Part 31 Account Nos. 241,
242.1, 242.2, 242.3, 242.4, 243, and
244 24 15 24
48.2 RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTINGS:
Includes assets used in radio and
television broadcasting, except
transmitting towers 6 5 6
TELEGRAPH, OCEAN CABLE, AND
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (TOCSC)
Includes communications-related
assets used to provide domestic and
international radio-telegraph, wire-
telegraph, ocean-cable, and
satellite communications services;
also includes related land
improvements. If property described
in Classes 48.31-48.45 is comparable
to telephone distribution plant
described in Class 48.14 and used
for 2-way exchange of voice and data
communication which is the
equivalent of telephone
communication, such property is
assigned a class life of 24 years
under this revenue procedure.
Comparable equipment does not
include cable television equipment
used primarily for 1-way
communication.
48.31 TOCSC-ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING AND
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS:
Includes assets used in the
provision of electric power by
generation, modulation,
rectification, channelization,
control, and distribution. Does not
include these assets when they are
installed on customer's premises 19 10 19
48.32 TOCSC-HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO AND
MICROWAVE SYSTEM:
Includes assets such as transmitters
and receivers, antenna supporting
structures, antennas, transmission
lines from equipment to antenna,
transmitter cooling systems, and
control and amplification equipment.
Does not include cable and long-line
systems 13 7 13
48.33 TOCSC-CABLE AND LONG-LINE SYSTEMS:
Includes assets such as transmission
lines, pole lines, ocean cables,
buried cable and conduit, repeaters,
repeater stations, and other related
assets. Does not include high
frequency radio or microwave systems 26.5 20 26.5
48.34 TOCSC-CENTRAL OFFICE CONTROL
EQUIPMENT:
Includes assets for general control,
switching, and monitoring of
communications signals including
electromechanical switching and
channeling apparatus, multiplexing
equipment, patching and monitoring
facilities, in-house cabling,
teleprinter equipment, and
associated site improvements 16.5 10 16.5
48.35 TOCSC-COMPUTERIZED SWITCHING,
CHANNELING, AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL
EQUIPMENT:
Includes central office switching
computers, interfacing computers,
other associated specialized control
equipment, and site improvements 10.5 7 10.5
48.36 TOCSC-SATELLITE GROUND SEGMENT
PROPERTY:
Includes assets such as fixed earth
station equipment, antennas,
satellite communications equipment,
and interface equipment used in
satellite communications. Does not
include general purpose equipment or
equipment used in satellite space
segment property 10 7 10
48.37 TOCSC-SATELLITE SPACE SEGMENT
PROPERTY:
Includes satellites and equipment
used for telemetry, tracking,
control, and monitoring when used in
satellite communications 8 5 8
48.38 TOCSC-EQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON
CUSTOMER'S PREMISES:
Includes assets installed on
customer's premises, such as
computers, terminal equipment, power
generation and distribution systems,
private switching center,
teleprinters, facsimile equipment,
and other associated and related
equipment 10 7 10
48.39 TOCSC-SUPPORT AND SERVICE EQUIPMENT:
Includes assets used to support but
not engage in communications.
Includes store, warehouse and shop
tools, and test and laboratory
assets 13.5 7 13.5
CABLE TELEVISION (CATV)
Includes communications-related
assets used to provide cable
television community antenna
television services. Does not
include assets used to provide
subscribers with two-way
communications services.
48.41 CATV-HEADEND:
Includes assets such as towers,
antennas, preamplifiers, con-
verters, modulation equipment,
and program non-duplication
systems. Does not include headend
buildings and program origination
assets 11 7 11
48.42 CATV-SUBSCRIBER CONNECTION AND
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS:
Includes assets such as trunk and
feeder cable, connecting hardware,
amplifiers, power equipment,
passive devices, directional taps,
pedestals, pressure taps, drop
cables, matching transformers,
multiple set connector equipment,
and converters 10 7 10
48.43 CATV-PROGRAM ORIGINATION:
Includes assets such as cameras,
film chains, video tape recorders,
lighting, and remote location
equipment excluding vehicles. Does
not include buildings and their
structural components 9 5 9
48.44 CATV-SERVICE AND TEST:
Includes assets such as
oscilloscopes, field strength
meters, spectrum analyzers, and
cable testing equipment, but
does not include vehicles 8.5 5 8.5
48.45 CATV-MICROWAVE SYSTEMS:
Includes assets such as towers,
antennas, transmitting and
receiving equipment, and broad
band microwave assets if used in
the provision of cable television
services. Does not include assets
used in the provision of common
carrier services 9.5 5 9.5
ELECTRIC, GAS, WATER AND STEAM,
UTILITY SERVICES:
Includes assets used in the
production, transmission and
distribution of electricity,
gas, steam, or water for sale
including related land
improvements.
49.11 ELECTRIC UTILITY HYDRAULIC
PRODUCTION PLANT:
Includes assets used in the
hydraulic power production of
electricity for sale, including
related land improvements, such
as dams, flumes, canals, and
waterways 50 20 50
49.12 ELECTRIC UTILITY NUCLEAR PRODUCTION
PLANT:
Includes assets used in the nuclear
power production and electricity for
sale and related land improvements.
Does not include nuclear fuel
assemblies 20 15 20
49.121 ELECTRIC UTILITY NUCLEAR FUEL
ASSEMBLIES:
Includes initial core and
replacement core nuclear fuel
assemblies (i.e., the composite
of fabricated nuclear fuel and
container) when used in a boiling
water, pressurized water, or high
temperature gas reactor used in the
production of electricity. Does not
include nuclear fuel assemblies used
in breeder reactors 5 5 5
49.13 ELECTRIC UTILITY STEAM PRODUCTION
PLANT:
Includes assets used in the steam
power production of electricity for
sale, combustion turbines operated
in a combined cycle with a
conventional steam unit and related
land improvements. Also includes
package boilers, electric generators
and related assets such as
electricity and steam distribution
systems as used by a waste reduction
and resource recovery plant if the
steam or electricity is normally
for sale to others 28 20 28
49.14 ELECTRIC UTILITY TRANSMISSION AND
DISTRIBUTION PLANT:
Includes assets used in the
transmission and distribution of
electricity for sale and related
land improvements. Excludes initial
clearing and grading land
improvements as specified in Rev.
Rul. 72-403, 1972-2 C.B. 102 30 20 30
49.15 ELECTRIC UTILITY COMBUSTION TURBINE
PRODUCTION PLANT:
Includes assets used in the
production of electricity for sale
by the use of such prime movers as
jet engines, combustion turbines,
diesel engines, gasoline engines,
and other internal combustion
engines, their associated power
turbines and/or generators, and
related land improvements. Does
not include combustion turbines
operated in a combined cycle with
a conventional steam unit 20 15 20
49.21 GAS UTILITY DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES:
Includes gas water heaters and gas
conversion equipment installed by
utility on customers' premises on a
rental basis 35 20 35
49.221 GAS UTILITY MANUFACTURED GAS
PRODUCTION PLANTS:
Includes assets used in the
manufacture of gas having chemical
and/or physical properties which
do not permit complete
interchangeability with domestic
natural gas. Does not include gas
producing systems and related
systems used in waste reduction and
resource recovery plants which are
elsewhere classified 30 20 30
49.222 GAS UTILITY SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS
(SNG) PRODUCTION PLANT (NAPHTHA OR
LIGHTER HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS):
Includes assets used in the
catalytic conversion of feedstocks
or naphtha or lighter hydrocarbons
to a gaseous fuel which is
completely interchangeable with
domestic natural gas 14 7 14
49.223 SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS-COAL
GASIFICATION:
Includes assets used in the
manufacture and production of
pipeline quality gas from coal using
the basic Lurgi process with
advanced methanation. Includes all
process plant equipment and
structures used in this coal
gasification process and all utility
assets such as cooling systems,
water supply and treatment
facilities, and assets used in the
production and distribution of
electricity and steam for use by the
taxpayer in a gasification plant and
attendant coal mining of electricity
and steam for sale to others. Also
includes all other related land
improvements. Does not include
assets used in the direct mining and
treatment of coal prior to the
gasification process itself 18 10 18
49.23 NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION PLANT: 14 7 14
49.24 GAS UTILITY TRUNK PIPELINES AND
RELATED STORAGE FACILITIES:
Excluding initial clearing and grading land
improvements as specified in Rev.
Rul. 72-403 22 15 22
49.25 LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PLANT:
Includes assets used in the
liquefication, storage, and
regasification of natural gas
including loading and unloading
connections, instrumentation
equipment and controls, pumps,
vaporizers and odorizers, tanks,
and related land improvements. Also
includes pipeline interconnections
with gas transmission lines and
distribution systems and marine
terminal facilities 22 15 22
49.3 WATER UTILITIES:
Includes assets used in the
gathering, treatment, and commercial
distribution of water 50 20 50
49.4 CENTRAL STEAM UTILITY PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION:
Includes assets used in the
production and distribution of steam
for sale. Does not include assets
used in waste reduction and resource
recovery plants which are elsewhere
classified 28 20 20
49.5 WASTE REDUCTION AND RESOURCE
RECOVERY PLANTS:
Includes assets used in the
conversion of refuse or other solid
waste or biomass to heat or to a
solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel. Also
includes all process plant equipment
and structures at the site used to
receive, handle, collect, and
process refuse or other solid waste
or biomass to a solid, liquid, or
gaseous fuel or to handle and burn
refuse or other solid waste or
biomass in a waterwall combustion
system, oil or gas pyrolysis system,
or refuse derived fuel system to
create hot water, gas, steam and
electricity. Includes material
recovery and support assets used in
refuse or solid refuse or solid
waste receiving, collecting,
handling, sorting, shredding,
classifying, and separation systems.
Does not include any package
boilers, or electric generators and
related assets such as electricity,
hot water, steam and manufactured
gas production plants classified in
classes 00.4, 49.13, 49.221, and
49.4. Does include, however, all
other utilities such as water supply
and treatment facilities, ash
handling and other related land
improvements of a waste reduction
and resource recovery plant 10 7 10
50. MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT 24 15 24
51. MUNICIPAL SEWER 50 20 50
57.0 DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES AND SERVICES:
Includes assets used in wholesale
and retail trade, and personal and
professional services. Includes
section 1245 assets used in
marketing petroleum and petroleum
products 9 5 9 4
57.1 DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES AND SERVICES-
BILLBOARD, SERVICE STATION BUILDINGS
AND PETROLEUM MARKETING LAND
IMPROVEMENTS:
Includes section 1250 assets,
including service station buildings
and depreciable land improvements,
whether section 1245 property or
section 1250 property, used in the
marketing of petroleum and petroleum
products, but not including any of
these facilities related to
petroleum and natural gas trunk
pipelines. Includes car wash
buildings and related land
improvements. Includes billboards,
whether such assets are section 1245
property or section 1250 property.
Excludes all other land
improvements, buildings and
structural components as defined
in section 1.48-1(e) of the
regulations 20 15 20
79.0 RECREATION:
Includes assets used in the
provision of entertainment services
on payment of a fee or admission
charge, as in the operation of
bowling alleys, billiard and pool
establishments, theaters, concert
halls, and miniature golf courses.
Does not include amusement and theme
parks and assets which consist
primarily of specialized land
improvements or structures, such as
golf courses, sports stadia, race
tracks, ski slopes, and buildings
which house the assets used in
entertainment services 10 7 10
80.0 THEME AND AMUSEMENT PARKS:
Includes assets used in the
provision of rides, attractions, and
amusements in activities defined as
theme and amusement parks, and
includes appurtenances associated
with a ride, attraction, amusement
or theme setting within the park
such as ticket booths, facades, shop
interiors, and props, special
purpose structures, and buildings
other than warehouses,
administration buildings, hotels,
and motels. Includes all land
improvements for or in support of
park activities, (e.g., parking
lots, sidewalks, waterways, bridges,
fences, landscaping, etc.) and
support functions (e.g., food and
beverage retailing, souvenir vending
and other nonlodging accomodations)
if owned by the park and provided
exclusively for the benefit of park
patrons. Theme and amusement parks
are defined as combinations of
amusements, rides, and attractions
which are permanently situated on
park land and open to the public for
the price of admission. This
guideline class is a composite of
all assets used in this industry
except transportation equipment
(general purpose trucks, cars,
airplanes, etc., which are included
in asset guideline classes with the
prefix 00.2), assets used in the
provision of administrative services
(asset classes with the prefix
00.1), and warehouses,
administration buildings, hotels
and motels 12.5 7 12.5
CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR WHICH RECOVERY
PERIODS ASSIGNED
A. Personal Property With No Class
Life 7 12
Section 1245 Real Property With No
Class Life 7 40
B. Qualified Technological
Equipment, as defined in section
168(i)(2). 5 5 5
C. Property Used in Connection with
Research and Experimentation
referred to in section 168(e)(3)(B) 5 5 class life
if no class
life -- 12
D. Alternative Energy Property
described in sections 48(1)(3)(viii)
or (iv), or section 48(1)(4) of the
Code. 5 5 class life
if no class
life -- 12
E. Biomass property described in
section 48(1)(15) and is a
qualifying small production facility
within the meaning of section
3(17)(c) of the Federal Power Act,
(16 U.S.C. 796(17)(C)), as in effect
on September 1, 1986 5 5 class life
if no class
life -- 12
1 Property described in asset class 00.12 which is qualified technological equipment as defined in section 168(i)(2) is assigned a recovery period of 5 years notwithstanding its class life. See section 3 of the revenue procedure.
2 Property described in asset guideline class 01.222 is assigned a 3-year recovery period under section 168(e)(3)(A), but has no class life.
3 Property described in asset guideline class 48.13 which is qualified technological equipment as defined in section 168(i)(2) is assigned a 5-1/2 year recovery period for both the general and alternative depreciation systems.
4 Any high technology medical equipment as defined in section 168(i)(2)(C) which is described in asset guideline class 57.0 is assigned a 5-1/2 year recovery period for the alternative depreciation system.
5 The class life (if any) of property described in classes B, C, D, or E is determined by reference to the asset guideline classes in this revenue procedure. If an item of property described in paragraphs B, C, D, or E is not described in any asset guideline class, such item of property has no class life.
- Institutional AuthorsInternal Revenue Service
- Code Sections
- Index Termsdepreciationclass life
- Jurisdictions
- LanguageEnglish
- Tax Analysts Electronic Citation87 TNT 203-18
