ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Agriculture:
Grain, cotton, peanut and rice assets:
Precision farming assets (including GPS, controllers, lightbars, variable rate technology assets, but excluding hydraulic automated steering)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2007
Vegetable growing (outdoors) and sugar cane growing:
Planting assets:
Transplanters:
Automated7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Dairy cattle farming:
Robotic milking system assets:
Automated milking systems:
Rotary10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Single box and multi box10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
MANUFACTURING:
Dairy product manufacturing:
Ancillary and support assets:
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2017
Spirit manufacturing:
Bottling assets:
Bottle fillers:
Automated (including bottle rinsers/washers, cappers, capsule applicators and foilers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Printing:
Newspaper printing assets:
Ancillary assets:
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) (including laser guided vehicles and track mounted automated vehicles)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Support and other assets:
Tanker filling assets:
Automated dispensing systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing:
Salt manufacturing and refining assets:
Automated packing machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2022
Glass and glass product manufacturing:
Glass product manufacturing assets:
Automotive glass product manufacturing assets:
Inspection assets:
Automotive laminated glass product inspection assets (including automated distortion checking assets and conveyors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Post-processing assets used in automotive laminated glass production and toughened glass production processes:
Automated back window soldering units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Cutting tables:
Automated cutting and break-out tables10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Glass handling and storage assets:
Automated loaders and unloaders (used with automated cutting tables, laminating lines, toughening lines etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Concrete product manufacturing:
Prefabricated concrete product manufacturing assets:
Automated panel manufacturing assets:
Automated trowel machines (incorporating crane and trowel)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Concrete distribution stations:
Distributors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Flying buckets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Hoppers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Curing chambers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Laser beam alignment systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Pallet cleaning machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Pallet receivable stands (excluding pallet vibrating stands)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Pallet transport systems:
Pallet drive mechanisms (incorporating drive units, motors, sensors and wheels)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Track work20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Transversals (including continuous transfer wagons)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Pallet vibrating stands10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Pallets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Rack feeders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Shutter cleaning machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Shutter transporting assets (including automated roller conveyors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Shutters8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2013
Turning machines (including flippers and tilting assets)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Assets used in common in iron smelting and steel manufacturing processes:
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Metal stamping and blanking assets:
Steel coil and steel sheet handling assets:
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) (used in blank/stamped parts handling)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Motor car engine assembly and manufacturing assets:
Engine assembly and engine component sub- assembly assets:
Coding assets (including automated ink or spray jet coders and automated pin coding stamping machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Nut runner assets:
Automated nut runner and fastening systems (incorporating cables and controllers, and including bolt torquing robots)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Photographic, optical and ophthalmic equipment manufacturing:
Optical lens grinding and contact lens manufacturing:
Lensmeters:
Automated5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Other warehousing and storage services:
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Automated storage and retrieval machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Television broadcasting:
Automated tape library systems (incorporating robotic controls and tape drives)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005
FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES:
Banking, building society and credit union operations:
Cash handling assets:
Teller cash recyclers (TCRs), teller cash dispensers (TCDs), teller assist units (TAUs) and automated teller safes (ATSs)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Scientific research services:
Scientific, medical and pharmaceutical research assets:
Automated cell counters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2014
Automated colony pickers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2014
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
General practice medical services:
Automated ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) measurement devices6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2020
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) - see Table B
Optometry and optical dispensing:
Optical assets:
Colour vision testers (automated)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2004
Keratometers (Ophthalmometers):
Automated5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Refractometers (automated)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Visual acuity testing assets:
Automated vision testers6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2004
Visual acuity chart projectors (automated)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2004
Visual field testing assets (perimeters) - automated5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Child care services:
Support assets:
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) - see Table B Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2020
Laboratory assets used in quality control, sample checking etc:
Automated and electronically based laboratory assets (including analysers, refractometers, spectrometry machines etc)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2014
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Automated storage and retrieval machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011

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Source: TR 2022/1