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 & Swift Valuation Service Guide, as published by 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 2013.
TABLE 1: FIVE-YEAR "DISHES"
YEAR NEW/
ACQUIRED
% GOOD
TREND
FACTOR
TRENDED
% GOOD
2012
85%
1.000
85%
2011
69%
1.027
71%
2010
52%
1.059
55%
2009
34%
1.051
36%
2008 and older
20%
1.082
22%
TABLE 2: TEN-YEAR "TOWERS"
YEAR NEW/
ACQUIRED
% GOOD
TREND
FACTOR
TRENDED
% GOOD
2012
92%
1.000
92%
2011
84%
1.027
86%
2010
76%
1.059
81%
2009
67%
1.051
70%
2008
58%
1.082
63%
2007
49%
1.124
55%
2006
39%
1.186
46%
2005
30%
1.241
37%
2004
24%
1.334
32%
2003 and older
20%
1.380
28%
(5) This rule is effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2012.