ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Protective structures (including shade houses and netting constructions)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2006
MINING:
Construction material mining:
Control systems (for conveying, crushing and screening assets)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2003
Conveyors:
Gravity take-up25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2003
Screw take-up15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2003
Crushers:
Generally20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2003
Mobile (track or wheel mounted machinery including screening and conveying components)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2003
Cyclones15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2003
Dredges20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Drill rigs8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2003
Electrical switching assets20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2003
Graders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2003
Heavy mobile quarry assets not specifically listed - see Table A Mining (06000 to 10900)
Hydraulic oversize rock breakers (mounted above primary crusher)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2003
Material handling assets (including chutes, feeders, hoppers, product bins and surge bins)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2003
Pug mills15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2003
Screening assets12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2003
Wheel loaders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2003
Wire saws10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2003
MANUFACTURING:
Grain mill product manufacturing:
Malt manufacturing assets:
Barley and malt handling assets:
Silos:
Galvanised construction30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2008
Steel construction40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2008
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing:
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing assets generally:
Liquid feed assets:
Silos (including polyvinylchloride (PVC) and steel construction)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Storage tanks (including polyvinylchloride (PVC) and steel construction)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Beer manufacturing (except non-alcoholic beer):
Malt handling and cleaning assets:
Silos:
Galvanised construction30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2008
Steel construction40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2008
Cement manufacturing:
Quarrying assets:
Construction material mining assets - see Table A Construction material mining (09110 to 09190)
CONSTRUCTION:
Air compressors:
Compressors - reciprocating7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2008
Compressors - rotary screw10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Backhoe loaders9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jul 2002
Bending machines (bar, angle or rod)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Block and brick elevators (portable)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Chain blocks, rod shears, jacks etc13 ⅓ years15.00%7.50%1 Jan 2001
Compaction:
Compactors - flat plate8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2008
Compactors - vertical rammer6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2008
Concreting assets:
Brick and paving saws5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Buggies or dumpers (motorised)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2001
Concrete demolition saws3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Concrete kibble buckets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Concrete mixers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2008
Concrete surface preparation assets (including floor grinders, planers and scarifiers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Concrete trowels:
Ride on7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2008
Walk behind5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Concrete vibrating screeders5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Concrete vibrators:
Brushcutter style5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Drive units6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2008
Flexible shaft pumps6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2008
Vibrating shaft3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Concrete wheeled saws6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2008
Hoppers, skips and hoist buckets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Mobile concrete pumping units6 ⅔ years30.00%15.00%1 Jan 2001
Cranes (mobile):
Light and medium15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Heavy (over 15.24 tonnes lift)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2002
Tower and hoists10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Dozers/front end loaders9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jul 2002
Forklifts11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2002
Formwork, beams and props, steel10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Hydraulic excavators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Lift slab assets (incorporating spreader bars, clutches, pulleys and cables)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Mini excavators8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2002
Motor graders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Pavers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2002
Power supply assets:
Generators, portable (incorporating attached engine management and generator monitoring instruments):
Diesel10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Petrol5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Power tools:
Chainsaws (Chain saws)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Hand tools:
Air5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Battery3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Electric5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Jack hammers:
Air7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2008
Electric3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Nail guns - air3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Profilers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Pumps10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Road rollers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Saws, bench and mitre, portable7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2008
Scrapers8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2002
Skid steer loaders7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2002
Stabiliser recyclers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2002
Surveying assets (including levels) - see Table A Surveying and mapping services (69220)
Telescopic handlers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Tool carriers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Track loaders9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jul 2002
Traffic management assets (use the relevant lives given under Table A Rental and hiring services (except real estate) (66110 to 66400), whether or not the assets are in fact hired or leased)
Welders:
Diesel10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Electric5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Wheel loaders8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2002
Winches13 ⅓ years15.00%7.50%1 Jan 2001
Other heavy and civil engineering construction:
Automatic welding machines (used at sea in construction of submarine pipelines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Portable structures (sheds, site office trailers, portable toilets and washrooms etc) used for a temporary period in offsite locations (e.g. construction sites)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
OTHER SERVICES:
Other machinery and equipment repair and maintenance:
Agriculture, construction and mining heavy machinery and equipment repair and maintenance assets:
Field service assets:
Assets used in field service that are not listed under this sub-heading - use any relevant determination listed under Workshop assets below
Air compressors8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2015
Cranes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Cutting machines8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2015
Diagnostic assets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Lathes5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Line boring machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Milling machines8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2015
Turning machines8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2015
Trailers:
Generally (including comb trailers and tilt trailers) - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Service trailers (incorporating built-in hoses, built-in pumps, built-in tanks etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Workshop assets:
Air conditioning service assets (including refrigerant management/charging stations, refrigerant recovery machines, refrigerant recovery and recycling machines and vacuum pumps)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Air compression assets (including air dryers, air receivers, compressors and packaged air compression systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Battery chargers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Battery load testers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Bending machines:
Folders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Pipe and tube benders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Press brakes20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Brake shoe riveting machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Brake testers (including in-ground and mobile roller brake testers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Boring machines (including floor borers, jib borers, horizontal and vertical boring machines)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Diagnostic, measuring and testing assets:
Generally (including co-ordinate measuring machines, dynamometers, electrical testers, flow meters, hardness testers, hydraulic testers and multimeters)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Laptop diagnostic systems:
Laptops - see Table B Computers, Laptops
Machine interface units3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Tyre pressure gauges5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Vehicle specific diagnostic assets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Drilling machines (including drill presses, magnetic drills, pedestal drills and radial arm drills)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Flange facers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Forklift attachments10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Forklifts11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2015
Grinding machines (including gear grinding machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Guillotine shears15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Heat treatment assets (including furnaces and quenches)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Hydraulic hose crimpers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Lathes:
CNC lathes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Manual lathes20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Lifting assets:
Cranes:
Jib cranes (including column/wall mounted, floor mounted/freestanding and portable jib cranes)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Overhead cranes25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2015
Pick & carry cranes/yard cranes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Portable cranes generally (including engine cranes, engine hoists, floor cranes, mobile gantries, shop cranes etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Hoists10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Jacks (including air hydraulic jacks, hydro pneumatic jacks, floor jacks, transmission jacks, trolley jacks and truck jacks)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Scissor lifts15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Vehicle lifters (including mobile column lifts and post hoists)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Machining centres10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Milling machines (including bed mills and universal mills)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Oil recovery, service and treatment assets:
Collection vessels/tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Dangerous goods containers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Pumps5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Painting assets:
Buffing machines3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Paint agitators3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Space heaters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Spray booths15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Spray gun washing machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Parts washing machines7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Pipe cutting machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Plasma cutters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Presses:
Hydraulic presses10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Punch and shear machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Saws (including band saws and cold cut saws)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Stands (including axle stands, engine stands and transmission stands)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Storage assets (including racking, shelving, safety cabinets and storage cabinets)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Surface preparation assets:
Abrasive blasting assets:
Abrasive blasting machines (incorporating blasting pots, hoses, nozzles, valves etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Abrasive recovery/recycling machines and associated equipment (including storage hoppers)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2015
Blast booths/chambers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2015
Dust collection and ventilation systems12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2015
Pressure cleaners/washers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015
Toolboxes and toolbox roller cabinets7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Tooling:
Moulds7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Press brake dies10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Tooling for lathes, machining centres, milling machines and other machine tools7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Vehicle specific specialised tooling5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Workholding devices (including jigs and fixtures)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Tools:
Hand tools (manually operated)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Hand held power tools (air, battery and electric)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Power packs5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Torque/tension wrenches5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Torque wrench pumps (pneumatic and electric driven)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Trolleys (including powered and electrodrive trolleys)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Turning machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Waste water recovery and treatment assets:
Grease traps10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Pumps5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Tanks and separators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Waterjet cutting machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Weight scales (corner weight)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Welding assets:
Welders (including ARC, MIG, TIG, multi process and oxy-acetylene welders/cutters)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Weld tables and positioners (including rotary tables)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Welding helmets incorporating respirators3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Wire feeders5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Wheel service assets:
Bead breaker kits5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Tyre changers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Wheel aligners7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Wheel balancers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Wheel handlers and lifters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Wheel play detectors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Work benches and tables15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Portable structures (sheds, site office trailers, portable toilets and washrooms etc) used for a temporary period in offsite locations (e.g. construction sites)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Silos:
Bulk handling:
Concrete construction50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2004
Galvanised construction30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2004
Steel construction40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jan 2004

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Source: TR 2022/1