I definitions and special rules for purposes of this section 1 class life.
Macrs life of carpet.
But what is class life.
The property class generally determines the depreciation method recovery period and convention.
If the carpet is tacked down it is classified as personal property and is depreciated over five years.
Most repair costs that are results of the tenant destructive actions are fully tax deductible in the year incurred.
Appliances carpet and furniture when used in connection with rental property all have a five year useful life.
Sometimes these assets will still be in service after their useful lives as classified by the irs have ended.
Repairing is the key to your tax treatment replacing destroyed appliances carpet and linoleum are an asset and depreciated 5 years.
Most flooring is considered to be permanently affixed.
Each item of property that can be depreciated under macrs is assigned to a property class determined by its class life.
This applies however only to carpets that are tacked down.
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.
Simple mortgage calculator like appliance depreciation carpets are normally depreciated over 5 years.
The macrs asset life table is derived from revenue procedure 87 56 1987 2 cb 674.
In this case the assets continue to serve you but you cannot claim any depreciation on them.
These types of flooring include hardwood tile vinyl and glued down carpet.
But if the carpet in a residential rental property is glued down it is considered to be part of the building structure and must be depreciated over a whopping 27 5 years.