ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Mushroom growing:
Control systems (excluding personal computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Dairy cattle farming:
Robotic milking system assets:
Control systems (excluding personal computers) - see Table B Control systems and control system assets
Poultry farming for breeding, eggs and meat:
Animal housing environmental control assets:
Control systems (excluding personal computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Poultry hatcheries:
Control systems (excluding personal computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Pig farming:
Control systems (excluding personal computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
MANUFACTURING:
Fruit and vegetable processing:
Fruit juice and fruit juice drink manufacturing assets:
Support assets:
Control system assets (excluding personal computers but including program logic controllers (PLCs) and switchgear)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Oil and fat manufacturing:
Support assets:
Control systems (excluding personal computers) - see Table B Control systems and control system assets
Grain mill product manufacturing:
Malt manufacturing assets:
Control systems (excluding personal computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Cereal and pasta product manufacturing:
Ancillary assets:
Control systems (excluding personal computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Soft drink, cordial and syrup manufacturing:
Support assets:
Control system assets (excluding personal computers, but including program logic controllers (PLCs) and switchgear)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Beer manufacturing (except non-alcoholic beer):
Support assets:
Control system assets (excluding personal computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Printing support services:
Pre-press trade services assets:
Platesetters:
Computer-to-plate (CtP) platesetters (including thermal and visible-light platesetters) and Direct-to-plate flexographic platesetters (Computer digital imagers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Petroleum refining:
Oil refinery assets:
Control systems assets (excluding computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Glass and glass product manufacturing:
Container glass and flat (float) glass manufacturing assets:
Control systems (excluding personal computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Glass product manufacturing assets:
Control systems (excluding personal computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
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:
Computer and laser based contact and non- contact devices (including 'Faro arms')10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Trim and final shop assets:
Wheel alignment assets:
Wheel alignment systems (incorporating alignment machines housing computer hardware and software, probes and sensors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Railway rolling stock manufacturing and repair services:
Support assets:
Computer measuring and monitoring assets (including load and pressure indicators)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2014
Aircraft manufacturing and repair services:
Computer numerical control (CNC) machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
Wooden furniture and upholstered seat manufacturing:
Tools:
Stationary machines:
Computer numerical control (CNC) machines (including CNC routers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2022
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Gas supply:
Gas distribution:
Control systems (excluding computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Gas transmission:
Control systems (excluding computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
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
CCTV systems4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2010
Control systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Hand-held passenger ticketing machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Passenger information displays10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Passenger ticketing machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Radio base stations, intercoms7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Rail freight and passenger transport services:
Monorail operation assets:
Infrastructure assets:
Communication, computer and passenger assets:
CCTV systems4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2010
Control systems (including commutators)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Hand held passenger ticketing machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Passenger information displays10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Passenger ticketing machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Phones, radio base stations, intercoms7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Rescue and recovery vehicles30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Airport operations and other air transport support services:
Airport assets:
Control systems (excluding computers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2003
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Motion picture and video activities:
Post production video assets:
Non-linear editing systems (incorporating computer control, interface and hard disc system)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Radio broadcasting:
Control room assets generally:
Personal computer based assets (including delay units, logging units, program fail detectors, RDS generators etc)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2012
Telephone systems:
Telephone screening systems and other personal computer based telephone systems (excluding software)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2012
Television broadcasting:
Non-linear editing systems (incorporating computer control, interface and hard disk system)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2005
Electronic information storage services:
Data centre cooling assets:
Computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units (including direct expansion (DX) systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Computer room air handling (CRAH) units (including chilled water systems)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Veterinary services:
Veterinarians' assets:
Ultrasound systems (incorporating scanner, transducers, integrated computer and integrated software)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Hospitals:
Hospital assets:
Angiography assets:
Image acquisition systems (incorporating computers with digital subtraction capability, digital cameras, monitors and integrated software)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2002
Endoscopic surgery assets (excluding disposable accessories):
Endoscopic ultrasound systems (incorporating scanner, transducers/probes, integrated computer and integrated software)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2003
Ultrasound systems (incorporating scanner, transducers, integrated computer and integrated software) used by cardiologists, obstetricians and vascular surgeons5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2002
Specialist medical services n.e.c.:
Neurologists' assets:
Electroencephalography (EEG) systems (incorporating electrodes, amplifiers, integrated software and integrated computers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2003
Electromyography (EMG) systems (incorporating electrodes, amplifiers, integrated software and integrated computers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2003
Thoracic physicians' assets:
Body plethysmographs (incorporating flow sensors, gas analysers, integrated software and integrated computers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
Lung function analysis exercise systems (incorporating flow sensors, treadmills or ergometers, ECGs, pulse oximeters, integrated software and integrated computers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
Lung function analysis systems (incorporating flow sensors, gas analysers, integrated software and integrated computers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
Sleep laboratory systems (incorporating amplifiers, sensors, integrated CPAP monitors, integrated carbon dioxide (C02) monitors, integrated pulse oximeters, integrated computers and integrated software)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
Pathology and diagnostic imaging services:
Radiologists' diagnostic imaging assets:
Bone densitometry (BMD) systems (incorporating either whole body scanners, integrated computer andintegrated software, or spine and hip scanners, holding devices, integrated computers and integrated software)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Computed tomography (CT) systems (incorporating scanners, integrated computers and integrated software)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Fluoroscopy assets (excluding direct radiography assets):
Image acquisition systems (incorporating computers, digital cameras, integrated software and monitors)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2002
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems (incorporating scanners, cooling systems, radio frequency coil accessories, integrated computer and integrated software)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2002
Mammography systems (incorporating either prone core biopsy scanners, quality assurance equipment, stereotaxis, integrated computers and integrated software, or conventional upright scanners, quality assurance equipment, stereotaxis, integrated computer and integrated software)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2002
Nuclear medicine systems (incorporating cameras, gantries, collimators, integrated computers, integrated software and hot lab equipment, but excluding Positron Emission Tomography (PET) systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Orthopantomography (OPG) systems (incorporating scanners, integrated computers and integrated software)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Ultrasound systems (incorporating scanner, transducers, integrated computer and integrated software)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2002
ARTS AND RECREATION SERVICES:
Gambling activities:
Totalisators:
Computer equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive repair and maintenance:
Automotive and heavy vehicle repair and maintenance assets:
Exhaust gas analysers for petrol engines:
Computer operated5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Other machinery and equipment repair and maintenance:
Agriculture, construction and mining heavy machinery and equipment repair and maintenance assets:
Workshop assets:
Diagnostic, measuring and testing assets:
Laptop diagnostic systems:
Laptops - see Table B Computers, Laptops
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Advertising signs:
Billboard assets:
Computer hardware - see Table B Computers
Computers and computer equipment:
Computers and computer equipment (not specified elsewhere below)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2016
Computer monitors4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2016
Desktop computers (including personal computers)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2016
Mainframe computers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Mobile/portable computers (including laptops, tablets)2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2016
Network equipment (including hubs, modems routers, switches, etc)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Raised floors25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2017
Servers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2016
Point of sale assets:
Generally (including barcode scanners, cash drawers, dedicated computers, electronic funds transfer point of sale (EFTPOS) machines, keyboards, monitors, printers and terminals)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2005

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Source: TR 2022/1