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 2012.
TABLE 1: FIVE-YEAR "DISHES"
YEAR NEW/
ACQUIRED
% GOOD
TREND
FACTOR
TRENDED
% GOOD
2011
85%
1.000
85%
2010
69%
1.025
71%
2009
52%
1.017
53%
2008
34%
1.046
36%
2007 and older
20%
1.087
22%
TABLE 2: TEN-YEAR "TOWERS"
YEAR NEW/
ACQUIRED
% GOOD
TREND
FACTOR
TRENDED
% GOOD
2011
92%
1.000
92%
2010
84%
1.025
86%
2009
76%
1.017
77%
2008
67%
1.046
70%
2007
58%
1.087
63%
2006
49%
1.147
56%
2005
39%
1.200
47%
2004
30%
1.290
39%
2003
24%
1.335
32%
2002 and older
20%
1.357
27%
(5) This rule is effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2011.