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Rural Utilities Service,
Department of Agriculture.
AGENCY:
Notice of depreciation rates for
telecommunications plant.
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, 2020.
SUMMARY:
These rates are effective
immediately and will remain in effect
until rates are available for the period
ending December 31, 2021.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurel Leverrier, Assistant
Administrator, Telecommunications
Program, Rural Utilities Service, Mail
Stop 1590—Room 4121, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20250–1590. Telephone: (202) 720–
9556, laurel.leverrier@usda.gov.
In 7 CFR
part 1737, Pre-Loan Policies and
Procedures Common to Insured and
Guaranteed Telecommunications Loans,
§ 1737.70(e) explains the depreciation
rates that are used by RUS in its
feasibility studies. Given that approved
depreciation rates per § 1737.70(e)(1) do
not exist, RUS is publishing its annual
median depreciation rates for all
borrowers, in accordance with
§ 1737.70(e)(2). RUS also notes that the
rates have changed only minimally from
the previous year. The following chart
provides those rates, compiled by RUS,
for the reporting period ending
December 31, 2020:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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MEDIAN DEPRECIATION RATES OF
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE BORROWERS BY EQUIPMENT CATEGORY
FOR PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31,
2020
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 ..............................
18.00
11.13
12.00
10.00
3.25
10.00
20.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
12.25
10.00
11.90
12.00
10.15
6.00
6.00
5.10
5.00
5.00
5.15
5.00
4.00
5.00
Christopher McLean,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
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Publication of Depreciation Rates
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture.
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, 2020.
DATES: These rates are effective immediately and will remain in effect
until rates are available for the period ending December 31, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel Leverrier, Assistant
Administrator, Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service,
Mail Stop 1590--Room 4121, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20250-1590. Telephone: (202) 720-9556, [email protected].
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. Given that approved depreciation rates per
Sec. 1737.70(e)(1) do not exist, RUS is publishing its annual median
depreciation rates for all borrowers, in accordance with Sec.
1737.70(e)(2). RUS also notes that the rates have changed only
minimally from the previous year. The following chart provides those
rates, compiled by RUS, for the reporting period ending December 31,
2020:
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Median Depreciation Rates of Rural Utilities Service Borrowers by
Equipment Category for Period Ending December 31, 2020
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Depreciation
Telecommunications plant category rate
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1. Land and Support Assets:
a. Motor vehicles..................................... 18.00
b. Aircraft........................................... 11.13
c. Special purpose vehicles........................... 12.00
d. Garage and other work equipment.................... 10.00
e. Buildings.......................................... 3.25
f. Furniture and office equipment..................... 10.00
g. General purpose computers.......................... 20.00
2. Central Office Switching:
a. Digital............................................ 10.00
b. Analog & Electro-mechanical........................ 10.00
c. Operator Systems................................... 10.00
3. Central Office Transmission:
a. Radio Systems...................................... 10.00
b. Circuit equipment.................................. 10.00
4. Information origination/termination:
a. Station apparatus.................................. 12.25
b. Customer premises wiring........................... 10.00
c. Large private branch exchanges..................... 11.90
d. Public telephone terminal equipment................ 12.00
e. Other terminal equipment........................... 10.15
5. Cable and wire facilities:
a. Aerial cable--poles................................ 6.00
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 McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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