Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1

Affected: IC 6-1.1-31-7

Sec. 1. (a) Tangible personal property, other than inventory as defined in 50 IAC 4.2-5-1, with a tax situs within the state on the assessment date that has not been placed into service must be reported for property assessment purposes.

(b) "Tangible personal property not placed in service on the assessment date" means all property that has not been depreciated and is not eligible for federal income tax depreciation under Section 167 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Real property as defined by law and rules of the department, inventory, special tools, leased property, returnable containers, and property described in subsection (d) are not included in this category.

(c) "Construction in process" means "tangible personal property not placed in service." This does not include the inventory of a contractor that is not a part of the real or personal property under construction. A contractor's inventory must be valued and reported as provided in 50 IAC 4.2-5-1.

(d) Tangible personal property, normally assessed as inventory and held in abeyance or stored temporarily, and which possession may be transferred to another person to be attached to or become a part of an asset subject to assessment for personal property tax purposes, is taxable as inventory as provided in 50 IAC 4.2-5-1, and is not included in the definition of tangible personal property not placed in service.

(e) The value of personal property not placed in service, including construction in process as defined in subsection (c), is the cost recorded on the taxpayer's books and records that is attributable to such personal property including all expenses incurred in acquiring or producing the assets not yet placed in service, and includes the following:

1. (1) Acquisitions. In the event the cost as recorded on the regular books and records of the taxpayer does not reflect acquisitions and transfers since the end of the financial period immediately preceding the assessment date, such acquisitions and transfers are required to be included.
2. (2) Advance payments or deposits. If the cost as recorded on the regular books and records of the taxpayer reflects advance payments or deposits, and if such amounts were attributable to tangible personal property, this amount shall be allowed as a deduction from book cost.

(f) The true tax value of "tangible personal property not placed in service" as defined in subsection (b) is ten percent (10%) of the cost of such property.

(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 4.2-6-1; filed Dec 7, 1988, 9:35 a.m.: 12 IR 857, eff Mar 1, 1989; reinstated by IC 6-1.1-3-22, eff Jul 1, 2003; filed Nov 2, 2020, 9:34 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190636FRA; readopted filed Oct 21, 2025, 9:19 a.m.: 20251112-IR-050240632RFA)