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Kevin L. Barnes,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Publication of Depreciation Rates
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of Depreciation Rates for
Telecommunications Plant.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) administers rural utilities
programs, including the
Telecommunications Program. RUS
announces the depreciation rates for
telecommunications plant for the period
ending December 31, 2017.
DATES: These rates are applicable
immediately and will remain in effect
until rates are available for the period
ending December 31, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chad Parker, Assistant Administrator,
Telecommunications Program, Rural
Utilities Service, STOP 1590—Room
5151, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250–1590.
Telephone: (202) 720–9556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 7 CFR
part 1737, Pre-Loan Policies and
Procedures Common to Insured and
Guaranteed Telecommunications Loans,
§ 1737.70(e) explains the depreciation
SUMMARY:
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rates that are used by RUS in its
feasibility studies. § 1737.70(e)(2) refers
to median depreciation rates published
by RUS for all borrowers. The following
chart provides those rates, compiled by
RUS, for the reporting period ending
December 31, 2017:
MEDIAN DEPRECIATION RATES OF
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE BORROWERS BY EQUIPMENT CATEGORY
FOR PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31,
2017
Telecommunications
plant category
Depreciation
rate
1. Land and Support Assets:
a. Motor vehicles ...................
b. Aircraft ...............................
c. Special purpose vehicles ..
d. Garage and other work
equipment ..........................
e. Buildings ...........................
f. Furniture and office equipment ...................................
g. General purpose computers .................................
2. Central Office Switching:
a. Digital ................................
b. Analog & Electro-mechanical .....................................
c. Operator Systems .............
3. Central Office Transmission:
a. Radio Systems ..................
b. Circuit equipment ..............
4. Information origination/termination:
a. Station apparatus ..............
b. Customer premises wiring
c. Large private branch exchanges .............................
d. Public telephone terminal
equipment ..........................
e. Other terminal equipment
5. Cable and wire facilities:
a. Aerial cable—poles ...........
b. Aerial cable—metal ...........
c. Aerial cable—fiber .............
d. Underground cable—metal
e. Underground cable—fiber
f. Buried cable—metal ..........
g. Buried cable—fiber ...........
h. Conduit systems ...............
i. Other ..................................
16.50
10.05
12.00
10.00
3.30
10.00
20.00
9.37
10.00
9.30
10.00
10.00
12.00
10.00
11.40
11.95
10.00
6.19
6.00
5.10
5.00
5.00
5.15
5.00
4.00
5.00
Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Publication of Depreciation Rates
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Depreciation Rates for Telecommunications Plant.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) administers rural utilities programs, including
the Telecommunications Program. RUS announces the depreciation rates
for telecommunications plant for the period ending December 31, 2017.
DATES: These rates are applicable immediately and will remain in effect
until rates are available for the period ending December 31, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chad Parker, Assistant Administrator,
Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service, STOP 1590--Room
5151, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-1590.
Telephone: (202) 720-9556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 7 CFR part 1737, Pre-Loan Policies and
Procedures Common to Insured and Guaranteed Telecommunications Loans,
Sec. 1737.70(e) explains the depreciation rates that are used by RUS
in its feasibility studies. Sec. 1737.70(e)(2) refers to median
depreciation rates published by RUS for all borrowers. The following
chart provides those rates, compiled by RUS, for the reporting period
ending December 31, 2017:
Median Depreciation Rates of Rural Utilities Service Borrowers by
Equipment Category for Period Ending December 31, 2017
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Depreciation
Telecommunications plant category rate
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1. Land and Support Assets:
a. Motor vehicles....................................... 16.50
b. Aircraft............................................. 10.05
c. Special purpose vehicles............................. 12.00
d. Garage and other work equipment...................... 10.00
e. Buildings............................................ 3.30
f. Furniture and office equipment....................... 10.00
g. General purpose computers............................ 20.00
2. Central Office Switching:
a. Digital.............................................. 9.37
b. Analog & Electro-mechanical.......................... 10.00
c. Operator Systems..................................... 9.30
3. Central Office Transmission:
a. Radio Systems........................................ 10.00
b. Circuit equipment.................................... 10.00
4. Information origination/termination:
a. Station apparatus.................................... 12.00
b. Customer premises wiring............................. 10.00
c. Large private branch exchanges....................... 11.40
d. Public telephone terminal equipment.................. 11.95
e. Other terminal equipment............................. 10.00
5. Cable and wire facilities:
a. Aerial cable--poles.................................. 6.19
b. Aerial cable--metal.................................. 6.00
c. Aerial cable--fiber.................................. 5.10
d. Underground cable--metal............................. 5.00
e. Underground cable--fiber............................. 5.00
f. Buried cable--metal.................................. 5.15
g. Buried cable--fiber.................................. 5.00
h. Conduit systems...................................... 4.00
i. Other................................................ 5.00
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Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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