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:
Seeding and fertilizing assets:
Planters (including bar, box, combined seeders, precision planters and row crop planters)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Mushroom growing:
Air handling systems (incorporating cooling coils, filter blowers, mixing boxes, environment sensors and air ducting)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Dairy cattle farming:
Robotic milking system assets:
Automated milking systems:
Single box and multi box10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Poultry farming for breeding, eggs and meat:
Egg grading and packing assets:
Egg grader and packing systems (including box erectors, box sealers, candling machines, conveyors, crack, dirt, leak and blood detectors, denesters (egg inners and trays), egg loaders, egg oilers, egg tray stackers, egg washers, egg weigher and transfer systems, imprinters (egg and box), packers (inners, trays and boxes) and wrappers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
MINING:
Other mining support services:
Mineral mining support services:
Blasting assets:
Explosive boxes5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2017
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Slaughter floor assets:
Knocking boxes (incorporating head restrainers)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2013
Dairy product manufacturing:
Ancillary and support assets:
Lifting and handling assets:
Lifters (including small bin, box, drum, roll and vacuum lifters)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Packaging assets:
Cartoning assets (including carton and case erecting, packing and closing machines, and carton and box sealers/tapers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Fruit and vegetable processing:
Dried fruit (other than sun-dried) manufacturing assets:
Packaging assets:
Box sealers (including taping machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Fruit juice and fruit juice drink manufacturing assets:
Filling and sealing assets:
Filling machines (including aseptic fillers, bag in box fillers, cup fillers, gable top carton fillers and plastic bottle fillers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Preserved fruit and vegetable manufacturing assets:
Filling and sealing assets:
Filling machines (including aseptic, bag in box, cup, direct and piston)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Bakery product manufacturing:
Baking assets used by large-scale manufacturers of biscuits, bread, cakes, pastries and pies:
Packaging assets (including accumulators, bag closers, bread baggers, box and carton making machines, finished product check weighers, flow wrappers, metal detectors, robotic pick and place assets and shrink wrappers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2002
Soft drink, cordial and syrup manufacturing:
Ice manufacturing assets (excluding dry ice manufacturing assets):
Ice cabinets:
Mobile ice boxes7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Packaging assets:
Filling and sealing assets:
Filling machines (including bag in box fillers, cup fillers and aseptic fillers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Pulp, paper and converted paper product manufacturing:
Pulp and paper mill assets:
Box and carton making assets (including box converting assets and corrugators)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2002
Paper machine assets:
Wet end assets (including forming section, head box and press section)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2002
Printing:
Flexographic printing assets:
Printing assets:
Die cutters, flexo/folder/gluers (see Table A Pulp, paper and converted paper product manufacturing (15100, 15210, 15220 and 15290), box and carton making assets)
Industrial gas manufacturing:
Industrial gas - manufacturing assets for specific gases:
Argon, nitrogen and oxygen manufacturing assets (cryogenic process):
Cold boxes (incorporating distillation columns, expansion valves, heat exchangers, piping, separators and vacuum insulated enclosures)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Dry ice manufacturing assets:
Dry ice shipping boxes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing:
Ammonia manufacturing assets:
Air and gas reforming and separation assets:
Cryogenic separation process assets:
Cold boxes (incorporating cryogenic distillation columns, expansion valves, heat exchangers, piping, separators and vacuum insulated enclosures)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Support assets:
Fire control and alarm systems:
Fire fighting systems (incorporating hose boxes, hydrants and ring mains)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Ceramic product manufacturing:
Clay brick and paver manufacturing assets:
Box feeders20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel making assets:
Desulphurising lances (incorporating masts, winch control boxes, hydraulic cylinders carriage system, motors, gearboxes, brake lance carriages, lance guides, lances and switches)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Coke making assets:
Emissions control assets:
Waste gas cleaning and dedusting assets:
Dust collection systems, dust drop out boxes and dust disposal rotary valves (incorporating motors and gearboxes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Hot strip mill assets:
Coil box and crop shear assets:
Coil boxes (incorporating side guard drives and transfer mechanism assemblies)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2010
Coil box shear and scale breakers17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2010
Crop shears (incorporating assemblies and main drive motors)17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2010
Crop shear maintenance jigs and pinch rolls15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Transfer bed oxy cutting stations15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Finishing mill assets:
Finishing mills (incorporating mill stands, side guides, strippers, screw downs, drive shafts, pinion boxes, main drive motors, transformers, loopers, grease systems, oil circulation systems, and hydraulic systems)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Plate mill assets:
De-scaling boxes (incorporating sprays, mechanicals, control valves pipe work after isolation valves, de-scaling box table rolls, tables, chains, covers, side guides and covers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Non-ferrous metal casting:
Metal casting assets (non-ferrous e.g. aluminium, brass and magnesium):
Sand casting assets:
Core boxes4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jan 2004
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Ancillary and support assets:
Stillages, storage bins tote boxes and trolleys15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Motor car engine assembly and manufacturing assets:
Ancillary and support assets:
Stillages, storage bins, tote boxes and trolleys10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
WHOLESALE TRADE:
Packaging assets:
Carton sealers and box taping machines12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2019
RETAIL TRADE:
Supermarket and grocery stores:
Deli Assets:
Hot food display assets (including bain marie, hot boxes and pie warmers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
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
Scenic and sightseeing transport:
Monocable circulating detachable, reversible and fixed ropeway assets operated in non-snowfield areas:
Drive and return station assets (including braking systems, drive systems, gear boxes, motors, variable speed drives (VSDs) and tensioning systems)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Other transport n.e.c.:
Monocable circulating fixed grip and detachable ropeway assets operated in snowfield areas (including double, triple and quad chair lifts, T-bar, poma and surface lifts):
Drive and return station assets (including braking systems, drive systems, gear boxes, motors, variable speed drives (VSDs) and tensioning systems)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Postal services:
Postal delivery services:
Letter boxes (bulk private)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2016
Post boxes (street type)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Motion picture and video activities:
Camera lens accessories:
Image stabilisers, matte boxes, and teleprompters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Television broadcasting:
Camera lens accessories (including adapters, filters, matte boxes and stabilisers)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2005
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Residential property operators:
Assets generally:
Air conditioning assets (excluding ducting, pipes and vents):
Damper motors (including variable air volume box controller)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2003
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Dental services:
Dentists' assets:
Dental x-ray assets:
Conventional x-ray film systems (incorporating control boxes, swing arms and x-ray heads, but excluding orthopantomogram (OPG) systems)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2003
Retirement village and accommodation for the aged operation:
Support assets:
Kitchen assets:
Hot food display and warming assets (including bain marie, banquet units, buffet units, hot boxes, plate warmers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
Child care services:
Play area assets:
Furniture, freestanding (including tables, seating and toy storage boxes)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2020
ARTS AND RECREATION SERVICES:
Amusement parks and centres operation and amusement and other recreational activities n.e.c.:
Amusement machines and equipment:
Coin-operated amusement machines:
Juke boxes (CD)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2001
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Air-conditioning assets (excluding pipes, duct work and vents):
Damper motors (including variable air volume box controllers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2003

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Source: TR 2022/1