Write-off, Depreciation of Goods, standard rules and special rules

Standard Depreciation of Goods

In Czech Republic depreciation of goods, divided in 6 'write-off' groups, can vary from 1 to 50 years:

• 3 years: IT equipment, tools, "machinery"
• 5 years: cars, office equipment, "machinery"
• 10 years: "heavy machinery"
• 20 years: pipelines etc.
• 30 years: buildings
• 50 years: commercial and administrative buildings, department stores, hotels

As a rule of thumb, anything for the company costing less than 40.000 CZK can be written off in one year.

Special Write-Off - Mimorádné Odpisy for purchases before 31.06.2010

Due to the economical crisis, there have been exceptions to the standard rules, allowing a much faster write-off for a limited amount of time. This only concerned the first two groups mentioned above.

For group one (for example computers, office equipment)

• Instead of 3 years, it is now possible to write off 100% in only 12 months:

For group two (for example cars)

• Instead of 5 years, it is now possible to write off 100% in only 24 months:
• during the first 12 months, 60% of the value,
• during the last 12 months, 40% of the value,

There are however a couple of conditions:

• the goods must be bought between 1.1.2009 and 30.6.2010
• you must be the first owner, so this doesn't work for second-hand items.

Important: for goods bought after 31.06.2010, this psecial faster write-off can not be applied anymore.

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