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Can I claim full depreciation on a broken cellphone?

Posted 23 January 2017

Oscar says:
23 January 2017 at 10:04

I had a cellphone that I was calculating depreciation on. However the phone broke and I now have a new phone which I will claim depreciation on. For the previous phone, am I able to claim the remaining deprecation amount (that I would have been claiming on in coming years) in the current tax year?

TaxTim TaxTim says:
23 January 2017 at 11:57

You can unfortunately only claim depreciation for as long as you used the phone for business purposes.

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