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Property Having a Determinable Useful Life

Publication 946 — How To Depreciate Property · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States

To be depreciable, your property must have a determinable useful life. This means that it must be something that wears out, decays, gets used up, becomes obsolete, or loses its value from natural causes.

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Publication 946 — How To Depreciate Property

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