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Requirement to recalculate effective life

Last updated 30 October 2005

In some circumstances, you must recalculate the effective life of a depreciating asset.

You must recalculate the effective life of a depreciating asset if its cost is increased by 10% or more in an income year after the one in which its start time occurs and you either:

  • worked out the effective life of the asset yourself, or
  • used the Commissioner's determination of effective life (or a capped life) and the prime cost method to work out the asset's decline in value.

Even though you may be required to recalculate the effective life of an asset, you may conclude that the effective life remains the same.

You may also be required to recalculate the effective life of a depreciating asset you:

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