SECTION 1. PURPOSE

1. This revenue procedure provides: (1) limitations on depreciation deductions for owners of passenger automobiles first placed in service by the taxpayer during

calendar year 2004, including special tables of limitations on depreciation deductions for trucks and vans, and for passenger automobiles designed to be propelled primarily by electricity and built by an original equipment manufacturer (electric automobiles); (2) the amounts to be included in income by lessees of passenger automobiles first leased by the taxpayer during calendar year 2004, including a separate table of inclusion amounts for lessees of trucks and vans, and a separate table for lessees of electric automobiles; and (3) the maximum allowable value of employerprovided passenger automobiles first made available to employees for personal use in calendar year 2004 for which the vehicle cents-per-mile valuation rule provided under § 1.61–21(e) of the Income Tax Regulations may be applicable.

2. This revenue procedure also provides tables of dollar limitations on depreciation deductions for owners of passenger automobiles to which the additional 50 percent first-year allowance for depreciation available under § 168(k)(4) applies, including special tables of limitations on depreciation deductions for qualifying trucks and vans and for qualifying electric automobiles. For purposes of these tables, the additional 50 percent first-year allowance does not apply if the taxpayer

has elected under § 168(k)(2)(C)(iii) not to take the additional allowance.

3. The tables detailing these depreciation limitations and lessee inclusion amounts reflect the automobile price inflation adjustments required by § 280F(d)(7). The maximum allowable passenger automobile value for applying the vehicle cents-per-mile valuation rule reflects the automobile price inflation adjustment of § 280F(d)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code, as required by § 1.61–21(e)(1)(iii)(A).