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 2014.
TABLE 1: FIVE-YEAR "DISHES"
YEAR NEW/
ACQUIRED
% GOOD
TREND
FACTOR
TRENDED
% GOOD
2013
85%
1.000
85%
2012
69%
1.007
69%
2011
52%
1.036
54%
2010
34%
1.068
36%
2009 and older
21%
1.060
22%
TABLE 2: TEN-YEAR "TOWERS"
YEAR NEW/
ACQUIRED
% GOOD
TREND
FACTOR
TRENDED
% GOOD
2013
92%
1.000
92%
2012
84%
1.007
85%
2011
76%
1.036
79%
2010
67%
1.068
72%
2009
58%
1.060
61%
2008
49%
1.091
53%
2007
39%
1.134
44%
2006
30%
1.196
36%
2005
24%
1.251
30%
2004 and older
21%
1.345
28%
(5) This rule is effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2013.