If the carpet is glued down perhaps in a basement then it becomes attached to the property and must be depreciated over 27 5 years.
Macrs life carpet.
The macrs asset life table is derived from revenue procedure 87 56 1987 2 cb 674.
See irs publication 5271.
The table specifies asset lives for property subject to depreciation under the general depreciation system provided in section 168 a of the irc or the alternative depreciation system provided in section 168 g.
Macrs consists of two depreciation systems the general depreciation system gds and the alternative depreciation system ads.
Beyond that distinction depreciating carpeting is the same as depreciating a new appliance see the more detailed appliance depreciation article above.
Thus if the class life of carpet e g is more than 4 but less than 10 years the landlord depreciates carpet over 5 years because it is 5 year property.
The property class generally determines the depreciation method recovery period and convention.
System macrs for carpeting in a rental apartment over a 5 year period.
Each item of property that can be depreciated under macrs is assigned to a property class determined by its class life.