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EE 25: Depreciation loss for plant variety rights application granted in 2005–06 or later income year
or “Tax deduction for plant variety rights application costs”
You could also call this:

“How the economic depreciation rate is determined for different types of property”

You need to know how the economic depreciation rate is set for different types of property. Here’s how it works:

For most items that aren’t buildings, special property, or acquired before 1 April 2005, the rate is set under section EE 27.

For buildings bought on or after 19 May 2005 that don’t have a rate set under section EZ 23, the rate is set under section EE 28.

Some aircraft and motor vehicles bought on or after 1 April 2005 have their rate set under section EE 29.

Items with a high estimated resale value use section EE 30 for their rate.

For older items bought before certain dates or transferred from related parties, section EZ 23 sets the rate.

You can’t set an economic depreciation rate for fixed life intangible property or excluded depreciable property.

Section EE 32 can override some of these rules for certain items.

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Part E Timing and quantifying rules
Depreciation

EE 26Setting of economic depreciation rate

  1. The economic depreciation rate that applies to a kind of item of depreciable property is set under—

  2. section EE 27, for items that—
    1. are not buildings, fixed life intangible property, excluded depreciable property, or property for which an economic rate is set under section EE 29 or EE 30; and
      1. are acquired on or after 1 April 2005:
      2. section EE 28, for items that are buildings and—
        1. are acquired on or after 19 May 2005; and
          1. do not have an economic depreciation rate set under section EZ 23 (Economic rate for plant or equipment acquired before 1 April 2005 and buildings acquired before 19 May 2005):
          2. section EE 29, for certain aircraft and motor vehicles acquired on or after 1 April 2005:
            1. section EE 30, for items that—
              1. have an estimated residual market value greater than 13.5% of cost:
                1. would, in the absence of section EE 30, have an economic depreciation rate set under section EE 27 or EE 28:
                2. section EZ 23 for items that—
                  1. are not buildings, fixed life intangible property, or excluded depreciable property and are acquired before 1 April 2005:
                    1. are buildings acquired before 19 May 2005:
                      1. are buildings acquired on or after 19 May 2005, as relationship property or from a company in the same wholly-owned group of companies, from a person who applied to the item an economic depreciation rate set under section EZ 23 or a corresponding provision.

                      2. An economic depreciation rate must not be set for a kind of item of depreciable property that is fixed life intangible property or excluded depreciable property.

                      3. Subsection (1)(a), (c), and (d) are overridden by section EE 32.

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                      Notes
                      • Section EE 26 list of defined terms building: inserted (with effect on 30 July 2009), on , by section 84 of the Taxation (Budget Measures) Act 2010 (2010 No 27).