Good morning i have an investment property and i have replaced the inverter of the solar panels.
Effective life of solar panels ato.
The schedule of effective life determinations has been progressively updated since 1 january 2001.
Still that s a long time you can claim depreciation and offset the tax payable on the additional income you can charge from putting a system on a roof.
Recalculating a depreciating asset s effective life.
The effective life legsilation has been updated.
You may have to recalculate the effective life if you make an improvement to an asset that increases its cost by 10 or more in a year.
Below are the ato effective lives for residential property as at the 1st of july 2017 from tr 2017 2.
Completed effective life reviews.
I would like to depreciate this item but this asset is not listed on the ato depreciating items.
The ato determines effective lives through an effective life review process.
I wonder if i can use the guarantee which is 5 years as useful life for calculating depreciation.
The following is a list of effective life reviews that have been completed including the date of effect of the new effective lives.
As such they are depreciable under the capital allowances provisions of the tax act.
How the ato determines the effective lives of assets.