ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Cold storage assets:
Ammonia condensers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Dairy product manufacturing:
Ancillary and support assets:
Ammonia gas detectors12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2018
Soft drink, cordial and syrup manufacturing:
Ice manufacturing assets (excluding dry ice manufacturing assets):
Ammonia tank liquid receivers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Industrial gas manufacturing:
Industrial gas - manufacturing assets for specific gases:
Ammonia manufacturing assets - see Table A Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing (18130)
Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing:
Ammonia manufacturing assets:
Air and gas reforming and separation assets:
Adsorption systems (including pressure and thermal swing)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Carbon dioxide (C02) absorption systems (incorporating absorber and stripping columns, flash drums, heat exchangers, piping, pumps and tanks)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Cryogenic separation process assets:
Air cooling and drying assets (excluding adsorption systems shown above)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Cold boxes (incorporating cryogenic distillation columns, expansion valves, heat exchangers, piping, separators and vacuum insulated enclosures)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Desulphurisers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Methanators25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Pre-heaters (for air and gas feedstock)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Pre-reformers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Primary reformers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Secondary reformers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Shift converters (high and low temperature)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Compressor assets:
Conversion and liquefaction assets:
Ammonia converters25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Chillers, condensers, flash drums, receivers and separators25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Purge gas recovery systems (incorporating heat exchangers, membranes, packing, piping pumps and vessels)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Distribution, handling and storage assets:
Ammonia bullet tanks (including storage and surge tanks)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Ammonia deluge and vapour suppression systems30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Ammonia pipelines (incorporating fittings and valves)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Ammonia pumps15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Ammonia storage tank refrigeration systems (incorporating compressors, condensers, flash drums and receivers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Ammonia storage tanks30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Ammonia vapour scrubber systems25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
ISOtainers and portable tanks15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Loading arm systems - marine25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Rail and road tank filling assets:
Breakaway couplings10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Filling hoses10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Loading arm systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Gas pipelines (incorporating fittings and valves)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Heat exchangers:
Process gas20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Waste heat boilers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Support assets:
Air compression assets (for industrial air and instrument air):
Air compressors (incorporating air drying and filtering assets)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Air receivers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Blowers and fans (generally)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Boiler assets:
Boilers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Deaerators25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Economisers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Steam drums25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Chemical storage tanks:
Polyethylene (PE)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2013
Other20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Control system assets:
Control cabinets and panels, program logic controllers (PLCs), switchgear and variable speed drives (VSDs)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
System monitoring assets (including instrumentation and sensors and transmitters for level, pressure, speed and temperature measurement)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Cooling towers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Electricity supply assets:
Emergency supply assets - see Table B Power supply assets, emergency or standby
Steam turbine generators25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Other electricity supply assets - see Table A Electricity supply (26110 to 26400)
Emission control assets:
Flare tips10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Silencers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Stacks (exhaust, vent and flare)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Fire control and alarm systems:
Fire fighting systems (incorporating hose boxes, hydrants and ring mains)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Other fire control and alarm assets - see Table B Fire control and alarm assets
Gas detectors:
Fixed10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Portable4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2013
Heat exchangers (not specified elsewhere)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Laboratory assets:
Analysers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Other laboratory equipment (including centrifuges, drying ovens, fume cupboards etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Overhead cranes25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Piping assets:
Flow meters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Pipes and fittings25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Pumps:
Boiler feedwater and cooling water pumps20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Dosing pumps5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Other pumps (not specified elsewhere)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Safety showers and eye wash stations20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Water storage and treatment assets:
Clarifiers and settling tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Dam and pond liners20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Dams and effluent ponds40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2013
Ion exchange systems20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Reverse osmosis systems15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Water storage tanks:
Polyethylene (PE)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Other25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Weighbridges20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Ammonium nitrate manufacturing assets:
Ammonia handling and storage assets - see above in Ammonia manufacturing assets, distribution, handling and storage assets
Ammonia nitrate solution manufacturing assets:
Evaporation assets:
Condensate tanks, flash drums and separators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Evaporators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Neutralisers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Pipe reactors (titanium)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2013
Remelt and solution storage tanks (incorporating heating coils and stirrers)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Solution filters20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Solution pumps15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Nitric acid manufacturing assets:
Ammonia liquid filtering vessels (incorporating filters)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Ammonia vapour filtering vessels (incorporating filters)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Ammonia/air mixers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Heat exchangers:
Ammonia vapourisers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Support assets - see above in Ammonia manufacturing assets, support assets
Fertiliser manufacturing:
Fertiliser manufacturing plant (excluding ammonia manufacturing assets and ammonium nitrate manufacturing assets listed in Table A Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing (18130))20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2001
Explosive manufacturing:
Explosives manufacturing and chemical plant (excluding ammonia manufacturing assets and ammonium nitrate manufacturing assets listed in Table A Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing (18130))13 ⅓ years15.00%7.50%1 Jan 2001
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Coke making assets:
Coke ovens gas by-products assets:
Ammonia absorbers (including pumps, ammonia storage tanks, and distribution pipes including valves)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Ammonia plant assets:
Ammonia incinerators, ammonia stills, tanks, decanters, pumps, condensers (including support structures, stacks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009

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Source: TR 2022/1