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Schedule 12: Old banded rates of depreciation
or “Old rates for calculating how much value assets lose over time”

You could also call this:

“List of land-based structures and facilities that can be claimed as tax deductions due to wear and tear”

This schedule lists different types of land improvements that can be depreciated for tax purposes. These are structures or facilities that are built on or attached to land and can lose value over time.

The list includes things you might see at an airport, like runways, or in a city, like roads and bridges. It also includes structures used for water management such as dams, reservoirs, and wells. Other items on the list are fences, chimneys, tunnels, and swimming pools.

Some less common items mentioned are hardstanding (which is a paved area for parking or storage), spillways (structures that allow water to flow from dams safely), and purpose-built surfaces for outdoor sports facilities. The list also includes wharves, which are structures built along the shore where ships can dock.

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Next up: Schedule 14: Depreciable intangible property

or “Things you can claim tax deductions on that aren't physical property”

13Depreciable land improvements

  • airport runways
    1. bores and wells
      1. bridges
        1. chimneys
          1. culverts
            1. dams
              1. fences
                1. hardstanding
                  1. reservoirs
                    1. retaining walls
                      1. roads
                        1. spillways
                          1. swimming pools
                            1. tanks
                              1. tunnels
                                1. wharves
                                  1. pipes
                                    1. purpose-built surfaces for outdoor sports facilities
                                      1. Notes
                                        • Schedule 13: amended (with effect on 1 April 2008), on , by section 581(1) of the Taxation (International Taxation, Life Insurance, and Remedial Matters) Act 2009 (2009 No 34).
                                        • Schedule 13: amended (with effect on 1 April 2008), on , by section 581(2) of the Taxation (International Taxation, Life Insurance, and Remedial Matters) Act 2009 (2009 No 34).