ARM 42.21.151
ARM 42.21.151. TELEVISION CABLE SYSTEMS
Cite as Mont. Admin. R. 42.21.151
(1) The average market value for television cable systems is $2,000 per mile of coaxial cable (transmission line) and $25 per service drop.
(2) The average market value for the dishes and towers will be determined by using a five-year trended depreciation schedule on dishes and ten-year trended depreciation schedule on towers. Both the trend factors and the depreciation tables will be derived from the Marshall and Swift Publication Company, 915 Wilshire Boulevard, 8th Floor, P.O. Box 26307, Los Angeles, California 90026-0307. The trend factors shall be the most recent available from the "Average of all Indexes" listed in the above publication.
(3) The trended depreciation schedules will be applied to the acquired cost and year acquired of the dish or tower.
(4) The trended depreciation schedules referred to in (2) and (3) are listed below and shall be in effect for tax year 2008.
TABLE 1: FIVE-YEAR "DISHES"
YEAR NEW/
TREND
TRENDED
ACQUIRED
% GOOD
FACTOR
% GOOD
2007
85%
1.000
85%
2006
69%
1.049
72%
2005
52%
1.098
57%
2004
34%
1.181
40%
2003 and older
20%
1.222
24%
TABLE 2: TEN-YEAR "TOWERS"
YEAR NEW/
TREND
TRENDED
ACQUIRED
% GOOD
FACTOR
% GOOD
2007
92%
1.000
92%
2006
84%
1.049
88%
2005
76%
1.098
83%
2004
67%
1.181
79%
2003
58%
1.222
71%
2002
49%
1.242
61%
2001
39%
1.250
49%
2000
30%
1.260
38%
1999
24%
1.283
31%
1998 and older
20%
1.287
26%
(5) This rule is effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2007.