A. Except as provided by subsection C of this section, personal computers and general purpose computers used in a trade or business shall be valued as personal property.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 42-19003.01

  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes property of every kind, both tangible and intangible, that is not included as real estate. See Arizona Laws 42-11001

B. Operating system software necessary to enable the operation of personal computers, general purpose computers and peripheral equipment shall be valued as a part of the computer on which it is installed.

C. All other software, other than operating system software, whether it is canned or customized for a specific application by a personal computer or a general purpose computer, shall not be valued as personal property.

D. For the purposes of this section, "operating system software" means the collection of software that directs the computer’s low-level operations, controlling and scheduling the execution of application programs and managing the low-level operation of storage, input, output and communication resources.