Bonus Depreciation - Commercial Solar Financial Model (Distributed)

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22 Dec 2015 22:46 #3986 by schmidly

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Paul, good afternoon. Can you tell us how to setup bonus depreciation with MACRS in the latest version of SAM now that it's available to photovoltaic commercial customers? This was how you recommended it be setup back in 2013, I believe...

"Hello, To model bonus depreciation with MACRS, you may want to consider using the Single Owner option (under Advanced Utility IPP options in the Technology and Market window) where you can explicitly set the bonus depreciation percentage, and apply it to the MACRS depreciation class. Best regards, Paul."

Thanks in advance, Brian S.

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Paul Gilman

04 Jan 2016 17:43 #3987 by Paul Gilman

Replied by Paul Gilman on topic Bonus Depreciation - Commercial Solar Financial Model (Distributed)

Hi Brian,

SAM's commercial financial model still uses the basic depreciation model that does not support depreciation classes or bonus depreciation, so the recommendation you quote is still applicable.

We will consider changing that for the next version of SAM.

Best regards,
Paul.

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11 Jan 2016 18:26 #3988 by schmidly

Replied by schmidly on topic Bonus Depreciation - Commercial Solar Financial Model (Distributed)

Thanks, Paul. Yes, it would be helpful to incorporate an option to select the bonus depreciation schedule for a customer-owned DG solar PV system now that it's been made available to us for the next three year's. Greatly appreciate you looking into incorporating it into the next version of SAM. Regards, Brian

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