Annual Wear And Tear Allowances
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Annual wear and tear allowances are calculated as a percentage on the cost of acquisition of the asset used in the business and are deductible from taxable income.
Plant and machinery | Rate |
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Forklifts, excavators, loading vehicles, bulldozers and oil barrels | 25% |
Motor vehicles of all types except for private saloon cars | 20% |
Personal computers (hardware) and operating software | 20% |
Application software | |
– up to and including €1.709 | 100% |
– above €1.709 | 33 1/3% |
Plant and machinery used in agriculture* | 15% |
Water drillings, industrial carpets, video recorders, televisions* | 10% |
Any other plant and machinery* | 10% |
Furniture and fittings | 10% |
*if acquired between 2012-2018 | 20% |
Buildings | Rate |
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Metallic frame of greenhouses | 10% |
Wooden frame of greenhouses | 33 1/3% |
Industrial, agricultural and hotel buildings** | 4% |
Commercial buildings | 3% |
**Industrial and hotel buildings acquired between 2012-2018 | 7% |
Ships | Rate |
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Steamships, tugboats and ships used in the fishing industry | 6% |
Sailings vessels | 4 1/2% |
Ship launching machinery | 12 1/2% |
Used ships | n accordance with special agreement |
New commercial ships | 8% |
New passenger ships | 6% |
Used commercial and passenger ships and capital additions | remaining useful economic life in accordance with the class certificate |
Tools | Rate |
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All tools in general | 33 1/3 % |
Specialised fixed assets | Rate |
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Armoured cars (used by businesses which provide security services) | 20% |
Motor yachts | 6% |
Wind generators (the cost should include the cost of installation reduced by any amount of subsidy received) | 10% |
Photovoltaic systems (the cost should include the cost of installation reduced by any amount of subsidy received) | 10% |
New airplanes | 8% |
New helicopters | 8% |
Specialized machineries for rail roading (e.g. Locomotive engines, Ballast wagon, Container wagon and container sleeper wagon) | 20% |