What is a recovery period on form 2106

[Coleen3]

 A recovery period is how long the asset can be expected to last and therefore, it's time period for depreciation.

Cars, computers and office equipment have a 5 year recovery period.

Office Furniture has a 7 year recovery period.

For other assets, please see the link below.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p946.pdf 

[dragonsoldiergj]

So five years is the answer for every year I file? I don't get it?

[RobertB4444]

No, any time you put a new asset into service it has a life that it is expected to survive.  A new computer is expected to last five years.  If you buy one in 2022 then the recovery period is through 2027.  In 2027 that computer is considered worth zero dollars and the expectation is that you would need to buy another one.  If you buy a new computer every year, though, then you would always be entering that you expect it to last five years.

@dragonsoldiergj