The Value Added Tax Regulations 1995

[F1Economic life of goodsU.K.

116C.  Goods held or used for the purposes of a business have an economic life being (subject to regulations 116G and 116L) the period of time commencing on the day when they are first used for any purpose after they have been supplied to, or acquired or imported by, a person or any of his predecessors and lasting for a period of

(a)120 months in the case of land, a building or part of a building (but this is subject to regulation 116D);

(b)60 months for all other goods.]