# SARS Wear-and-Tear Write-Off Periods (BGR7)

> SARS Wear-and-Tear Write-Off Periods (BGR7) is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the official SARS BGR7 schedule of straight-line depreciation write-off periods (in years) for 140+ asset classes, plus the R7,000 small-item threshold, as a clean cited JSON object.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://zaref.dev/v1/wear-and-tear-periods
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/sars-wear-and-tear-write-off-periods-bgr7-a548387a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_KQTSWtKhbHykAqsc03VCh

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability sars-wear-and-tear-write-off-periods-bgr7-a548387a
```

Example prompt: What is the official SARS BGR7 straight-line depreciation write-off period for office computers, and what is the current small-item threshold I can write off in full?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, cited SARS BGR7 depreciation write-off periods for South African tax calculations, accounting automation, or compliance checks — especially when you need the full schedule of 140+ asset classes in a single call with no input parameters required. Prefer this over manually maintained tables or scraped data because it includes an official source URL, effective date, and freshness flag.

## Known failure modes

- HTTP 402 if x402 payment is not made or fails
- HTTP 503 if the upstream data source is temporarily unavailable
- Stale data if SARS updates BGR7 and the freshness flag indicates the data has not yet been refreshed
- Empty or malformed response if there is a server-side error

## How this service works

South African SARS wear-and-tear write-off periods (SARS BGR7 schedule of straight-line depreciation write-off periods (in years) for over 140 asset classes, plus the R7,000 small-item write-off threshold.) Clean cited JSON with official source URL, effective date and freshness flag.

## Output

A JSON object containing the full BGR7 schedule of 140+ South African asset classes with their straight-line write-off periods in years, the R7,000 small-item threshold, the effective date of the schedule, the official SARS source URL, and a freshness flag indicating whether the data is current.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": "current values with citations",
  "stale": false,
  "series": "wear-and-tear-periods",
  "source_url": "https://www.sars.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/Legal/Rulings/BGR/LAPD-IntR-R-BGR-2012-07-Wear-And-Tear-Depreciation-Allowance.pdf",
  "effective_date": "2021-02-09"
 }
}
```

## More

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