Administrative Rules of the State of Montana

(1) Oil and gas field machinery and equipment shall be valued using the cost approach to market value. The taxpayer must provide to the department the acquired cost, the year acquired, and an itemized description of each piece of machinery and equipment. The acquired cost will be trended to current replacement cost and then depreciated according to the schedule mentioned in (2).

(2) The department shall prepare a 15-year trended depreciation schedule for oil and gas field machinery and equipment. Trend factors and depreciation factors published in the Marshall & Swift Valuation Service Guide will be used to develop the trended depreciation schedules. The trend factors shall be the most recent available.

(3) The trended depreciation schedule referred to in (1) and (2) is listed below and shall be used for tax year 2016.

YEAR NEW/ ACQUIRED	% GOOD	TREND FACTOR	TRENDED % GOOD
2016	100%	1.000	100%
2015	95%	1.000	95%
2014	90%	1.009	91%
2013	85%	1.021	87%
2012	79%	1.023	81%
2011	73%	1.051	77%
2010	68%	1.079	73%
2009	62%	1.064	66%
2008	55%	1.101	61%
2007	49%	1.151	56%
2006	43%	1.219	52%
2005	37%	1.281	47%
2004	31%	1.390	43%
2003	26%	1.438	37%
2002	23%	1.467	34%
2001 and older	21%	1.475	31%

(4) All downhole equipment in oil and gas wells is exempt from taxation. Downhole equipment includes:

(a) sucker rods;

(b) tubing;

(d) submersible pumps.

(5) Downhole equipment which is not in an oil or gas well as of the assessment date, January 1, each year shall be taxed as class eight property.

(6) This rule is effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2015.

History: 15-1-201, MCA; IMP, 15-6-135, 15-6-138, 15-6-213, 15-6-219, MCA; NEW, 1984 MAR p. 2036, Eff. 12/28/84; AMD, 1985 MAR p. 2032, Eff. 12/27/85; AMD, 1986 MAR p. 2068, Eff. 12/27/86; AMD, 1988 MAR p. 747, Eff. 4/15/88; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 613, Eff. 5/12/89; AMD, 1991 MAR p. 915, Eff. 6/14/91; AMD, 1991 MAR p. 2043, Eff. 11/1/91; AMD, 1992 MAR p. 2394, Eff. 10/30/92; AMD, 1993 MAR p. 2972, Eff. 12/10/93; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 3195, Eff. 12/23/94; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 1174, Eff. 4/26/96; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 3151, Eff. 12/6/96; AMD, 1997 MAR p. 2297, Eff. 12/16/97; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 3316, Eff. 12/18/98; AMD, 1999 MAR p. 2909, Eff. 12/17/99; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 3563, Eff. 12/22/00; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 2249, Eff. 11/9/01; AMD, 2002 MAR p. 3728, Eff. 12/27/02; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2901, Eff. 12/25/03; AMD, 2004 MAR p. 2603, Eff. 10/22/04; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 2262, Eff. 11/11/05; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 2979, Eff. 12/8/06; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 1826, Eff. 11/9/07; AMD, 2008 MAR p. 2561, Eff. 11/27/08; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 2497, Eff. 12/25/09; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 3022, Eff. 12/24/10; AMD, 2012 MAR p. 409, Eff. 2/24/12; AMD, 2012 MAR p. 2496, Eff. 12/7/12; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 2316, Eff. 12/13/13; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2991, Eff. 12/12/14; AMD, 2015 MAR p. 2364, Eff. 12/25/15.