ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Dairy cattle farming:
Automatic calf feeders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Cattle handling assets:
Automatic drafting systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Automatic ID systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Automatic weighing systems and cattle scales5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2007
Cattle crushes (including automatic)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Teat spraying systems:
Automatic7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Clean up assets:
Milk line washing systems:
Automatic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Feed milling and handling assets:
Feeding systems:
Automatic12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2007
Milking and milk handling assets:
Automatic cluster removers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Robotic milking system assets:
Automatic feeding systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Automatic footbaths8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2016
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Cold storage assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic opening doors (incorporating controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Packaging assets:
Automatic carton erecting and lidding machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Slaughter floor assets:
Head cutters and droppers:
Automatic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Poultry processing:
Deboning area assets:
Automatic deboners10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Bakery product manufacturing:
Baking assets used by large-scale manufacturers of biscuits, bread, cakes, pastries and pies:
Automatic pan storage units20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Automatic product handling assets (including basket loaders and basket stackers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Bakery product manufacturing (non-factory based):
Sugar milling assets:
Cane delivery assets:
Cane bin assets:
Rail bin automatic coupling/de-coupling devices12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Sanitary paper product manufacturing:
Packaging assets:
Robots (including automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) and pick and place packaging machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Printing:
Quality control assets:
Automatic web inspection systems6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2006
Screen printing assets:
Press assets:
Screen printing presses:
Automatic presses (including in-line multicolour presses)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Others (including manual, semi-automatic and three quarter automatic carousel, flatbed and rotary screen printing presses)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2006
Screen reclamation assets:
Screen washers (automatic)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2006
Printing support services:
Pre-press trade services assets:
Plate punch benders:
Automatic (optical)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2007
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Support and other assets:
Tanker filling assets:
Automatic tank gauges10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Paint and coatings manufacturing:
Paint and coatings manufacturing assets:
Paint tinting and colour blending machines (manual and automatic)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2014
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Assembly and body shop assets:
Welding assets:
Automatic stud well bowl feeder units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Aircraft manufacturing and repair services:
Metal working precision machines (including automatic lathes, milling machines, jig borers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Waste remediation and materials recovery services:
Materials recovery facility (MRF) assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic opening doors (incorporating controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
CONSTRUCTION:
Other heavy and civil engineering construction:
Automatic welding machines (used at sea in construction of submarine pipelines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
WHOLESALE TRADE:
Petroleum product wholesaling:
Bulk fuel regional depot assets (excluding LPG assets):
Single or multi product gasoline and diesoline dispensers (incorporating meters, electronic circuitry, LCD displays, cash presets, hoses, automatic nozzles and steel cabinets and, where applicable, vapour recovery monitoring and collection systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Single or multi product gasoline and diesoline pumps (incorporating pump units, meter, electronic circuitry, LCD displays, cash presets, hoses, automatic nozzles, steel cabinets and, where applicable, vapour recovery monitoring and collection systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Bulk fuel terminal assets (excluding LPG assets):
Automatic tank gauges10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
LPG depot and terminal assets:
Automatic tank gauges10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
RETAIL TRADE:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic sliding doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2005
Motor vehicle tyre or tube retailing:
Tyre inflators (automatic and manual)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Fuel retailing:
Automatic tank gauges10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Convenience store assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic opening doors (incorporating controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Gasoline and diesoline assets:
Single or multi product gasoline and diesoline dispensers (incorporating meters, electronic circuitry, LCD displays, cash presets, hoses, automatic nozzles, steel cabinets and, where applicable, vapour recovery monitoring and collection systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Single or multi product gasoline and diesoline pumps (incorporating pump units, meters, electronic circuitry, LCD displays, cash presets, hoses, automatic nozzles, steel cabinets and, where applicable, vapour recovery monitoring and collection systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
LPG assets:
LPG dispensers (incorporating meters, electronic circuitry, LCD displays, cash presets, hoses, automatic nozzles and steel cabinets)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Supermarket and grocery stores:
Support and other assets:
Automatic entrance swing gates10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
Packaging assets:
Automatic labelling wrappers, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and vacuum chamber packaging machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
Other store-based retailing:
Paint tinting and colour blending machines (manual and automatic)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2014
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES:
Accommodation:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic sliding doors and revolving doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Tramway and light rail passenger transport services:
Infrastructure assets:
Communication, computer and passenger support assets:
Automatic vehicle monitoring computer systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Automatic vehicle monitoring tram borne equipment (including transponders)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Signalling assets (including automatic points)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Trackwork (incorporating track drainage):
Points (excluding automatic points) and crossings20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES:
Banking, building society and credit union operations:
Automatic teller machines (ATMs) - see Table B Automatic teller machines (ATMs)
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Residential property operators:
Assets generally:
Window shutters, automatic:
Controls10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Motors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Outdoor assets:
Automatic garage doors:
Controls5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
Motors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Non-residential property operators:
Commercial office building assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic sliding doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2005
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Surveying and mapping services:
Automatic optical levels (dumpy levels)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Veterinary services:
Veterinarians' assets:
X-ray assets (excluding direct radiography assets):
X-ray processors - automatic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Optometry and optical dispensing:
Optical assets:
Automatic refractometers/keratometers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive repair and maintenance:
Automotive and heavy vehicle repair and maintenance assets:
Automatic transmission flush and fill machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Tyre inflators (automatic and manual)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Automotive body, paint and interior repair n.e.c.:
Car wash and detailing assets:
Automatic car wash assets (including rollover and tunnel washes):
Friction washer system assets (including gantry, rails and arches and driers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Touch free pressure washer system assets (including gantry, rails and arches and driers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Car conveyor system assets (incorporating correlators, sensors, tracks and rails)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Laundry and dry cleaning services:
Finishing assets:
Flatwork processing assets (including automatic pickers, feeders, folders and stackers)13 years15.38%7.69%1 Jul 2011
Presses (including flat, utility and scissor legger presses):
Air operated, semi automatic15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Photographic film processing:
Framing assets:
Automatic measuring stops10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Printing assets:
Heat presses:
Automatic, manual, mug and multipurpose4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2017
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Automatic teller machines (ATMs)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Car park assets:
Automatic and semi-automatic parking systems (including platforms, stackers, turntables etc)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Automatic payment machines/stations10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Parking guidance assets:
Automatic vehicle counter systems (incorporating counter modules and signage)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic sliding doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2005
Levels:
Automatic optical levels (dumpy levels)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Powder coating machines and systems (automatic and manual)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014

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Source: TR 2022/1