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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 18.03.01.02" title_num="18" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="01" heading="Depreciation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Term Defined. “Salvage value” means the value of personal property after all depreciation under this regulation has been applied.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>In the assessment of all other personal property under Tax-Property Article, §8-101(c)(7), Annotated Code of Maryland, a 10 percent rate of depreciation per year is applied to the original cost of most property. Exceptions to the 10 percent depreciation rate can be found in §C of this regulation. Personal property may be depreciated to its salvage value.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Depreciation Schedule. The following annual rates of depreciation shall be applied to the different types of personal property indicated:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All personal property not otherwise listed in this depreciation schedule shall be depreciated at 10 percent per year;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Except as provided in §C(10) of this regulation, long-lived electric generation machinery and equipment of nonutility entities that generate electricity for sale shall be depreciated at 3-1/3 percent per year;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Vessels (over 100 feet) shall be depreciated at 5 percent per year;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>To be depreciated at 20 percent per year:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Mobile telephones;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Heavy equipment (tractors, bulldozers);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Autos, trucks, and tractors not requiring registration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Radio and television transmitting equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Music boxes;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Open-air theatre equipment (outdoor equipment, posts, speakers, signs);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Motel and hotel furniture (rooms and lobby);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Self-service laundry equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Theatre seats;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Bowling alley equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Nursing home furniture, fixtures, and equipment (rooms and lobby);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(l)">
        <text>Car wash equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(m)">
        <text>X-ray equipment, brain scanners, and MRI equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(n)">
        <text>Photocopy equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(o)">
        <text>Outdoor Christmas decorations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(p)">
        <text>Hospital room furniture and equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(q)">
        <text>Rental soda fountain equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(r)">
        <text>Rental pagers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(s)">
        <text>Model home furnishings;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(t)">
        <text>Stevedore equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(u)">
        <text>Vending machines;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(v)">
        <text>Fax machines;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(w)">
        <text>Mainframe computers originally costing $500,000 or more;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>To be depreciated at 30 percent per year:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Data processing equipment other than the type mentioned in §C(4) of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Computer software;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Any of the following property owned by equipment rental companies shall be depreciated at 33-1/3 percent per year:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Rental televisions;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Rental stereo and radio equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Rental video cassette recorders and tapes;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>To be depreciated at 33-1/3 percent per year:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Drapes and shades;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Carpets;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>To be depreciated at 50 percent per year:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Pinball machines;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Video games;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Rental tuxedos;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Rental uniforms;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Property determined by the Department to have an expected life in excess of 10 years at the time of acquisition shall be depreciated at an annual rate as determined by the Department; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Personal property of nonutility nuclear power plants shall be depreciated at annual rates as determined by the Department, consistent with licenses and license extensions.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>