More than that. The equipment is depreciated on a 5 year schedule on the company balance sheet. It actually costs nothing to discard it.

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johncolanduoni 9 hours ago | parent [-]

There’s no marginal tax impact of discarding it or not after 5 years - if it was still net useful to keep it powered, they would keep it. Depreciation doesn’t demand you dispose of or sell the item to see the tax benefit.

	▲	mattmaroon 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No but it tips the scales. If the new hardware is a little more efficient, but perhaps not so much so that you would necessarily replace it, the ability to appreciate the new stuff, but not the old stuff might tip your decision