ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MANUFACTURING:
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Assembly and body shop assets:
Alignment, positioning and verification assets:
Axle and frame alignment assets (including frame presses)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Rail freight and passenger transport services:
Infrastructure assets:
Signalling assets (including axle detectors, block signals, dragging equipment detector, hot boxes, interlockings, level crossings, and train control and train describer)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Trackwork (incorporating rails, sleepers, ballast, permanent way/top 600, and integral bridges, culverts and tunnels):
Freight (trackwork used by vehicles with gross axle loads of 30 tonnes and below per vehicle):
Heavy haul (trackwork carrying >20 GMT per annum)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Light haul (trackwork carrying <1 GMT per annum)50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2002
Medium haul (trackwork carrying between 1 GMT and 20 GMT per annum)40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jan 2002
Freight (trackwork used by vehicles with gross axle loads above 30 tonnes per vehicle)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive repair and maintenance:
Automotive and heavy vehicle repair and maintenance assets:
Axle and ball joint play testers or shakers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle service and inspection lane assets:
Floor unit assets:
Axle and ball joint play testers or shakers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Other machinery and equipment repair and maintenance:
Agriculture, construction and mining heavy machinery and equipment repair and maintenance assets:
Workshop assets:
Stands (including axle stands, engine stands and transmission stands)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015

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Source: TR 2022/1