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Internal Revenue Service
Austin Service Center
ITIN Operation
P.O. Box 149342
Austin, TX 78714-9342
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1-800-829-1040
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Depreciable
Property
To determine the source of any gain from the sale of depreciable personal
property, you must first figure the part of the gain that is not more than the
total depreciation adjustments on the property. You allocate this part of the
gain to sources in the United States based on the ratio of U.S. depreciation
adjustments to total depreciation adjustments. The rest of this part of the gain
is considered to be from sources outside the United States.
For this purpose, �U.S. depreciation adjustments� are the depreciation
adjustments to the basis of the property that are allowable in figuring taxable
income from U.S. sources. However, if the property is used predominantly in the
United States during a tax year, all depreciation deductions allowable for that
year are treated as U.S. depreciation adjustments. But there are some exceptions
for certain transportation, communications, and other property used
internationally.
Gain from the sale of depreciable property that is more than the total
depreciation adjustments on the property is sourced as if the property were
inventory property, as discussed above.
A loss is sourced in the same way as the depreciation deductions were sourced.
However, if the property was used predominantly in the United States, the entire
loss reduces U.S. source income.
The basis of property usually means the cost (money plus the fair market value
of other property or services) of property you acquire. Depreciation is an
amount deducted to recover the cost or other basis of a trade or business asset.
The amount you can deduct depends on the property�s cost, when you began using
the property, how long it will take to recover your cost, and which depreciation
method you use. A depreciation deduction is any deduction for depreciation or
amortization or any other allowable deduction that treats a capital expenditure
as a deductible expense.
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