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§ 1.280F-7 - Property leased after December 31, 1986.

(a) Inclusions in income of lessees of passenger automobiles leased after December 31, 1986—(1) In general. If a taxpayer leases a passenger automobile after December 31, 1986, the taxpayer must include in gross income an inclusion amount determined under this paragraph (a), for each taxable year during which the taxpayer leases the automobile. This paragraph (a) applies only to passenger automobiles for which the taxpayer's lease term begins after December 31, 1986. See §§ 1.280F-5T(d) and 1.280F-5T(e) for rules on determining inclusion amounts for passenger automobiles for which the taxpayer's lease term begins before January 1, 1987. See § 1.280F-5T(h)(2) for the definition of fair market value.

(2) Inclusion Amount. For any passenger automobile leased after December 31, 1986, the inclusion amount for each taxable year during which the automobile is leased is determined as follows:

(i) For the appropriate range of fair market values in the applicable table, select the dollar amount from the column for the taxable year in which the automobile is used under the lease (but for the last taxable year during any lease that does not begin and end in the same taxable year, use the dollar amount for the preceding taxable year).

(ii) Prorate the dollar amount for the number of days of the lease term included in the taxable year.

(iii) Multiply the prorated dollar amount by the business/investment use (as defined in § 1.280F-6(d)(3)(i)) for the taxable year.

(iv) The following table is the applicable table in the case of a passenger automobile leased after December 31, 1986, and before January 1, 1989:

Dollar Amounts for Automobiles With a Lease Term Beginning in Calendar Year 1987 or 1988

Fair market value of automobile Taxable year during lease 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5 and later OverNot over $12,800$13,100$2$5$7$8$9 13,10013,400614202428 13,40013,7001023344147 13,70014,0001532475765 14,00014,3001941617384 14,30014,60023507489103 14,60014,900275988105122 14,90015,2003168101122140 15,20015,5003577115138159 15,50015,8004087128154178 15,80016,1004496142170196 16,10016,40048105155186215 16,40016,70052114169203234 16,70017,00056123182219253 17,00017,50062135200240277 17,50018,00069150223267309 18,00018,50076166246294340 18,50019,00083181268321371 19,00019,50090196291348402 19,50020,00097211313375433 20,00020,500104226336402465 20,50021,000111242358429496 21,00021,500117257381456527 21,50022,000124272403483558 22,00023,000135295437524605 23,00024,000149325482578667 24,00025,000163356527632729 25,00026,000177386572686792 26,00027,000190416617740854 27,00028,000204447662794917 28,00029,000218477707848979 29,00030,0002325077529021,041 30,00031,0002465387979561,104 31,00032,0002605688421,0101,166 32,00033,0002745998871,0641,228 33,00034,0002886299331,1181,291 34,00035,0003026599781,1721,353 35,00036,0003166901,0231,2261,415 36,00037,0003297201,0681,2801,478 37,00038,0003437511,1131,3341,540 38,00039,0003577811,1581,3881,602 39,00040,0003718111,2031,4421,665 40,00041,0003858421,2481,4961,727 41,00042,0003998721,2931,5501,789 42,00043,0004139021,3381,6041,852 43,00044,0004279331,3831,6581,914 44,00045,0004419631,4281,7121,976 45,00046,0004559941,4731,7662,039 46,00047,0004681,0241,5181,8202,101 47,00048,0004821,0541,5631,8742,164 48,00049,0004961,0851,6081,9282,226 49,00050,0005101,1151,6531,9822,288 50,00051,0005241,1461,6982,0362,351 51,00052,0005381,1761,7432,0902,413 52,00053,0005521,2061,7882,1442,475 53,00054,0005661,2371,8342,1982,538 54,00055,0005801,2671,8792,2522,600 55,00056,0005941,2971,9242,3062,662 56,00057,0006071,3281,9692,3602,725 57,00058,0006211,3582,0142,4142,787 58,00059,0006351,3892,0592,4682,849 59,00060,0006491,4192,1042,5222,912 60,00062,0006701,4652,1712,6033,005 62,00064,0006981,5252,2622,7113,130 64,00066,0007261,5862,3522,8193,255 66,00068,0007531,6472,4422,9273,379 68,00070,0007811,7082,5323,0353,504 70,00072,0008091,7682,6223,1433,629 72,00074,0008371,8292,7123,2513,753 74,00076,0008651,8902,8023,3593,878 76,00078,0008921,9512,8923,4684,003 78,00080,0009202,0122,9823,5764,128 80,00085,0009692,1183,1403,7654,346 85,00090,0001,0382,2703,3654,0354,658 90,00095,0001,1082,4223,5904,3054,969 95,000100,0001,1772,5743,8164,5755,281 100,000110,0001,2822,8024,1544,9805,749 110,000120,0001,4213,1054,6045,5206,372 120,000130,0001,5603,4095,0556,0606,996 130,000140,0001,6993,7135,5056,6007,619 140,000150,0001,8384,0175,9567,1408,243 150,000160,0001,9774,3216,4067,6808,866 160,000170,0002,1164,6256,8578,2219,490 170,000180,0002,2554,9297,3078,76110,113 180,000190,0002,3945,2327,7589,30110,737 190,000200,0002,5335,5368,2089,84111,360

(v) The applicable table in the case of a passenger automobile first leased after December 31, 1988, will be contained in a revenue ruling or revenue procedure published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin.

(3) Example. The following example illustrates the application of this paragraph (a):

Example.On April 1, 1987, A, a calendar year taxpayer, leases and places in service a passenger automobile with a fair market value of $31,500. The lease is to be for a period of three years. During taxable years 1987 and 1988, A uses the automobile exclusively in a trade or business. During 1989 and 1990, A's business/investment use is 45 percent. The appropriate dollar amounts from the table in paragraph (a)(2)(iv) of this section are $260 for 1987 (first taxable year during the lease), $568 for 1988 (second taxable year during the lease), $842 for 1989 (third taxable year during the lease), and $842 for 1990. Since 1990 is the last taxable year during the lease, the dollar amount for the preceding year (the third year) is used, rather than the dollar amount for the fourth year. For taxable years 1987 through 1990, A's inclusion amounts are determined as follows:
Tax year Dollar amount Proration Business use (percent) Inclusion amount 1987$260275/365100$196 1988568366/366100568 1989842365/36545379 199084290/3654593

(b) Inclusions in income of lessees of listed property (other than passenger automobiles) leased after December 31, 1986—(1) In general. If listed property other than a passenger automobile is not used predominantly in a qualified business use in any taxable year in which such property is leased, the lessee must add an inclusion amount to gross income in the first taxable year in which such property is not so predominantly used (and only in that year). This year is the first taxable year in which the business use percentage (as defined in § 1.280F-6(d)(1)) of the property is 50 percent or less. This inclusion amount is determined under this paragraph (b) for property for which the taxpayer's lease term begins after December 31, 1986 (and under § 1.280F-5T(f) for property for which the taxpayer's lease term begins before January 1, 1987). See also § 1.280F-5T(g).

(2) Inclusion amount. The inclusion amount for any listed property (other than a passenger automobile) leased after December 31, 1986, is the sum of the amounts determined under subdivisions (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph (2).

(i) The amount determined under this subdivision (i) is the product of the following amounts:

(A) The fair market value (as defined in § 1.280F-5T(h)(2)) of the property,

(B) The business/investment use (as defined in § 1.280F-6(d)(3)(i)) for the first taxable year in which the business use percentage (as defined in § 1.280F-6(d)(1)) is 50 percent or less, and

(C) The applicable percentage from the following table:

Type of property First taxable year during lease in which business use percentage is 50% or less 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 and Later Property with a recovery period of less than 7 years under the alternative depreciation system (such as computers, trucks and airplanes)2.1−7.2−19.8−20.1−12.4−12.4−12.4−12.4−12.4−12.4−12.4−12.4 Property with a 7- to 10-year recovery period under the alternative depreciation system (such as recreation property)3.9−3.8−17.7−25.1−27.8−27.2−27.1−27.6−23.7−14.7−14.7−14.7 Property with a recovery period of more than 10 years under the alternative depreciation system (such as certain property with no class life)6.6−1.6−16.9−25.6−29.9−31.1−32.8−35.1−33.3−26.7−19.7−12.2

(ii) The amount determined under this subdivision (ii) is the product of the following amounts:

(A) The fair market value of the property,

(B) The average of the business/investment use for all taxable years (in which such property is leased) that precede the first taxable year in which the business use percentage is 50 percent or less, and

(C) The applicable percentage from the following table:

Type of property First taxable year during lease in which business use percentage is 50% or less 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 and Later Property with a recovery period of less than 7 years under the alternative depreciation system (Such as computers, trucks and airplanes)0.010.022.021.212.712.712.712.712.712.712.712.7 Property with a 7- to 10-year recovery period under the alternative depreciation system (such as recreation property)0.09.323.831.333.832.731.630.525.015.015.015.0 Property with a recovery period of more than 10 years under the alternative depreciation system (such as certain property with no class life)0.010.126.335.439.640.240.841.437.529.220.812.5

(3) Example. The following example illustrates the application of this paragraph (b):

Example.On February 1, 1987, B, a calendar year taxpayer, leases and places in service a computer with a fair market value of $3,000. The lease is to be for a period of two years. B's qualified business use of the property, which is the only business/investment use, is 80 percent in taxable year 1987, 40 percent in taxable year 1988, and 35 percent in taxable year 1989. B must add an inclusion amount to gross income for taxable year 1988, the first taxable year in which B does not use the computer predominantly for business (i.e., the first taxable year in which B's business use percentage is 50 percent or less). Since 1988 is the second taxable year during the lease, and since the computer has a 5-year recovery period under the General and Alternative Depreciation Systems, the applicable percentage from the table in subdivision (i) of paragraph (b)(2) is −7.2%, and the applicable percentage from the table in subdivision (ii) is 10%. B's inclusion amount is $154, which is the sum of the amounts determined under subdivisions (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (b)(2) of this paragraph. The amount determined under subdivision (i) is −$86 [$3,000 × 40% × (−7.2%)], and the amount determined under subdivision (ii) is $240 [$3,000 × 80% × 10%]. [T.D. 8218, 53 FR 29881, Aug. 9, 1988; 53 FR 32821, Aug. 26, 1988, as amended by T.D. 8298, 55 FR 13370, Apr. 12, 1990; Redesignated and amended at T.D. 8473, 58 FR 19060, Apr. 12, 1993; T.D. 9133, 69 FR 35515, June 25, 2004; T.D. 9483, 75 FR 27937, May 19, 2010]