Section 50IAC4.2-8-7. Valuation; base year value defined

   (a) The base year value of the leased or rented property plus freight and installation costs must be utilized in determining the value of leased or rented property subject to assessment.

  (b) "Base year value" means the amount, measured in money, that a willing buyer in an arm's length transaction would pay to acquire the item of tangible personal property subject to the lease under consideration at the time the lease or bailment was first consummated. For purposes of applying this definition to a specific factual situation, the amount stated in the agreement as the amount which the lessee would have had to pay to acquire the leased property instead of leasing the property will be deemed to be the base year value, provided that the department does not determine that such amount is unrealistically low in relation to the other terms contained in the agreement.

  (c) If an alternative acquisition cost is not shown in the lease agreement, the base year value will be the factory delivered price for the tangible personal property subject to the lease plus freight, installation costs, and a profit factor.

  (d) If the factory delivered price cannot be determined, the base year value will be the present value of the lease payments at the inception of the lease computed in accordance with 50 IAC 4.2-15-14.

  (e) If the present value of the lease payments cannot be determined, the following alternative factors will be used to determine the base year value:

(1) the insurable value in the year the lease was first consummated; or

(2) the capitalized value at eight (8) times the annual lease or rental payments.

  (f) If the department issues an instructional bulletin or administrative adjudication prescribing the base year value of certain property pursuant to 50 IAC 4.2-7-1, such prescribed value shall be the base year value of the property. (Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 4.2-8-7; filed Dec 7, 1988, 9:35 a.m.: 12 IR 862, eff Mar 1, 1989; reinstated by IC 6-1.1-3-22, eff Jul 1, 2003; filed Feb 26, 2010, 2:43 p.m.: 20100324-IR-050090576FRA)