Authority: IC 6-1.1-8-42; IC 6-1.1-31-1
Affected: IC 6-1.1-8-2
Sec. 3.
"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 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 that 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. If the alternative acquisition cost is not shown in the lease agreement, the base year value shall be computed in the following order of preference:
50 IAC 5.1-1-3