(1) Leased or rental equipment that is leased or rented on an hourly, daily, weekly, semimonthly, or monthly basis, but is not exempt under 15-6-202 or 15-6-219, MCA, will be valued in the following manner:

(a) For equipment that has an acquired cost of $0 to $500, the department shall use a four-year trended depreciation schedule. The trended schedule will be the same as ARM 42.21.155, category 1.

(b) For equipment that has an acquired cost of $501 to $1,500, the department shall use a five-year trended depreciation schedule. The trended schedule will be the same as ARM 42.21.155, category 2.

(c) For equipment that has an acquired cost of $1,501 to $5,000, the department shall use a ten-year trended depreciation schedule. The trended schedule will be the same as ARM 42.21.155, category 8.

(d) For equipment that has an acquired cost of $5,001 to $15,000, the department shall use the trended depreciation schedule for heavy equipment. The schedule will be the same as ARM 42.21.131.

(e) For rental video tapes and digital video disks, the following trended depreciation schedule will be used:

(2) For all other leased property that is not rented on an hourly, daily, weekly, semimonthly, or monthly basis, the valuation procedures shall be the same as other like personal property.

(3) When a special mobile permit (SM plate), as defined in 61-4-101(66), MCA, is purchased for lease or rental equipment, the equipment will be classified and valued the same as other SM equipment in class eight.

(4) All leased and rental property not exempt under 15-6-202(4) or 15-6-219(5), MCA, will be assessed and taxed as class eight property.

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