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):
Ancillary and support assets:
Air compressors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Battery assets for warehouse vehicles (including pallet trucks and forklifts) - see Table B Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines
Brake hose cleaning machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Calibration assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Control systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Door controls and motor drive systems for rapid roller doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Dust and fume extraction assets:
Fixed extraction systems (incorporating ducting, extraction arms etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Mobile7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Floor sweepers/scrubbers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Glycol and water mixing plant assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Hose reels7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Power supply assets (including generators) - use any relevant determinations made for Power supply assets in Table B
Racks and shelving20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Stillages, storage bins tote boxes and trolleys15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Storage tanks:
Fuel storage tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Gas storage tanks (including argon, compressed natural gas (CNG) and nitrogen gas storage tanks)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Lubricant storage tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Tooling:
Dies (for press brakes)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Jigs and fixtures7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Moulds (including fibreglass moulds)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle platforms and runways (used in wheel alignment etc)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Ventilation fans20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Waste oil collection and storage assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Waste water treatment assets:
Meters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Pipework15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Pumps12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Separators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Tanks30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Water demineralising plant assets (including containers, pipework, pumps and reverse osmosis assets)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Weighers:
Fixed (weighbridges)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Mobile10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Assembly and body shop assets:
Adhesive mixing and dispensing assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Alignment, positioning and verification assets:
Axle and frame alignment assets (including frame presses)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Computer and laser based contact and non- contact devices (including 'Faro arms')10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Dumpy levels7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Coupling machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Power tool and rivet gun power packs and rigs15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Power tools:
Nut runners (including cables and controllers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Others (including angle grinders, fastening tools, hand operated saws, rivet guns etc) - see Table B Power tools, hand tools
Sawing machines (including aluminium cutting saws, bandsaws and cold saws)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Welding assets:
Automatic stud well bowl feeder units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Hand held and portable spot welders (including transformers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
MIG welders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Stud welding machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
TIG welders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Vertical electric welders (pedestal welders)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Welding reels7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Handling assets:
Conveyors:
Floor and in-floor conveyors (including belt conveyors, skid conveyors, skillet conveyors, slat conveyors, turntables etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Monorails and overhead conveyors20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Cranes (including gantry cranes, overhead cranes and turnover cranes)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Elevating work platforms - see Table A Rental and hiring services (except real estate) (66110 to 66400), Elevating work platforms (EWPs)
Forklift trucks (including pallet jacks, pallet stackers and reach trucks) - see Table B Forklifts
Mobile hoists/floor cranes (including engine and radiator hoists)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Pushers, rollers and tug units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle hoists/lifters (including column lifters and post hoists)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Paint shop assets:
Booths and ovens:
Generally (including baking/curing ovens, paint mixing booths/rooms, pre-treatment/sanding booths and wash down booths including cab degreasers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Spray booths and combination spray booth baking ovens15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Dip tank electro coating assets (including alkaline cleaner tanks, electro application tanks, surface conditioner tanks and water rinse tanks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Infrared paint dryers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Paint proportioning assets:
Electronic component proportioning systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Paint tinting and colour blending machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Press shop assets:
Bending machines:
Chassis rail/frame bending machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Folders (including pan brakes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Press brakes (brake presses)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Tube benders12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Chassis rail drilling/punching machines:
Chassis rail processing machines (incorporating drilling and profiling)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Punching machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
CNC milling machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
CNC routing machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Drilling machines (bench drills, pedestal drills and pillar drills)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Guillotine shears20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Lathes:
CNC lathes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Conventional or non-CNC lathes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Plasma cutters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Scribing and number stamping machines (including chassis number scribing/stamping machines and vehicle identification number stamping machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Trim and final shop assets:
Air conditioning charging units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Brake testing units20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Bus and truck wash assets - see Table A Automotive body, paint and interior repair n.e.c. (94129), large vehicle wash assets
Electrical systems testing assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Fluid filling assets:
Fluid filling machines (including coolant, fuel, lubrication and power steering fluid filling machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Urea dispensing systems (incorporating intermediate bulk containers, hose reels, meters and pumps)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Headlight aiming equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Torque testing machines (including chassis dynamometers and engine dynamometers)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Wheel alignment assets:
Wheel alignment lasers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Wheel alignment systems (incorporating alignment machines housing computer hardware and software, probes and sensors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing:
Bus vehicle body assembly assets (on supplied motor and chassis) - see Table A Motor vehicle manufacturing (23110), bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets)
Truck body manufacturing assets - see Table A Motor vehicle manufacturing (23110), bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets)
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Road transport:
Motor vehicles and trailers:
Buses having a gross vehicle mass of more than 3.5 tonnes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Motor vehicles and trailers:
Buses having a gross vehicle mass of more than 3.5 tonnes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005

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Source: TR 2022/1