ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Poultry farming for breeding, eggs and meat:
Hanging cable systems (for feeders, drinkers and nest housing)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Forestry and logging:
Logging plant:
Cable systems (including winches and high leads)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2001
Snigging plant (including cable and grapple skidders, wheel loaders with log grabs, bulldozers, excavators, arches and winches)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2001
MANUFACTURING:
Ceramic product manufacturing:
Clay brick and paver manufacturing assets:
Kiln/dryer car cable hauler system assets (incorporating cable, gearbox, pulling wheels and motors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Assets used in common in iron smelting and steel manufacturing processes:
Electricity distribution, generation or transmission assets:
Aerials or underground cables30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Scale or transfer cars (incorporating cable reel and drive units)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel making assets:
Sub or sampling lances (incorporating motors, drives, gearboxes, limit switches, over speed switches, drums, cables and slow motors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Hot strip mill assets:
Walking beam furnace assets:
Tracking lasers (incorporating cables and adapters)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Primary metal product casting assets:
Scarfing machines (incorporating catenary system of hoses, power supply cables and support structures)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Assembly and body shop assets:
Power tools:
Nut runners (including cables and controllers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Motor car engine assembly and manufacturing assets:
Engine assembly and engine component sub- assembly assets:
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
Railway rolling stock manufacturing and repair services:
Testing assets:
Cab test benches and CRC cable testing assets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2014
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Electricity supply:
Electricity distribution:
Customer service mains or cable, above ground40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jan 2002
Customer service mains or cable, underground50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2002
Distribution lines:
Underground (incorporating cables, fittings and ground pad mounted transformers)50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2002
CONSTRUCTION:
Lift slab assets (incorporating spreader bars, clutches, pulleys and cables)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Scenic and sightseeing transport:
Monocable circulating detachable, reversible and fixed ropeway assets operated in non-snowfield areas:
Communications assets:
Communications cables10 years20.00%10.00%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):
Communication assets:
Communications cables - above ground10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Communications cables - under ground25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2009
Snowmaking assets including:
Electrical cables - above ground10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Electrical cables - under ground25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2009
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Motion picture and video activities:
Sound recording assets:
Microphones:
Microphone cables2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jan 2006
Telecommunications services:
Backbone network assets:
Optical fibre cables25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2003
International telecommunications submarine cables15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Microwave radio telecommunications assets:
Antennas (incorporating wave guide, pressurisation unit, dehydrator and data cable):
High capacity licensed microwave radio10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Medium capacity licensed microwave radio8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2004
Low capacity licensed microwave radio5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
Satellite communication assets:
Satellite antennas:
Non-tracking antenna systems (incorporating data cables, dehydrators, pressurisation units, and wave guides)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2005
Tracking antenna systems (incorporating antenna tracking motors, controllers, data cables, dehydrators, gearboxes, pressurisation units and wave guides)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES:
Banking, building society and credit union operations:
Security assets:
Anti-jump barriers (cables or partitions)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2019
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Generators:
Cables5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2005
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Lift slab assets (incorporating spreader bars, clutches, pulleys and cables)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Power supply assets:
Private electricity line assets (where used for a specified purpose):
Distribution lines:
Underground (incorporating cables, fittings and ground pad mounted transformers)50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jul 2014
Service cables, overhead40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2014
Service cables, underground50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jul 2014

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Source: TR 2022/1