ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Dairy cattle farming:
Automatic calf feeders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Barn fed dairy farms:
Bulk and segregated commodity storage facilities (incorporating bunkers)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2007
Exercise yards20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2007
Feeding barns and maternity barns (incorporating cow beds, fans, and feed alleys)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2007
Cattle handling assets:
Air operated gates10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
All terrain vehicles (ATVs)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2007
Automatic drafting systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Automatic ID systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Automatic weighing systems and cattle scales5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2007
Backing gates15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Calf cradles10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Cattle crushes (including automatic)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Cattle laneways30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2007
Cattle yards (including loading ramps)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2007
Dairy milking sheds30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2007
Dairy yards and races20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2007
Teat spraying systems:
Automatic7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Manual10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Clean up assets:
High pressure pumps and hoses10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Hot water services10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Milk line washing systems:
Automatic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Manual10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Feed milling and handling assets:
Augers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Conveyors and elevators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Feed mixers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Feed pads and bunkers30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2007
Feeding systems:
Automatic12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2007
Manual15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Grain mills (including roller mills, disc mills and hammer mills)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Manure spreaders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Silage pits40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2007
Silage wagons10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Silos (steel)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2007
Telescopic handlers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Tub grinders7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Milking and milk handling assets:
Automatic cluster removers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Bailing systems:
Herringbone (including swing over, double up and rapid exit)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Rotary15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Walk through15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Filters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Milking systems (incorporating clusters, swing over arms, hoses, pipes, pulsators, vacuum pumps, variable speed control)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Milk meters and recording jars (including conductivity sensors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Milk vats25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2016
Plate coolers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Receivers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Refrigeration compressors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Robotic milking system assets:
Air compressors5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Automated milking systems:
Rotary10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Single box and multi box10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Automatic feeding systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Automatic footbaths8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2016
Control systems (excluding personal computers) - see Table B Control systems and control system assets
Cow comfort systems:
Cow brushes3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2016
Rubber matting7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Cow identification systems (including weights, bands, numbers and transponders)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Cow traffic systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Milk chillers/plate coolers/energy recovery systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Vacuum pumps7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
MANUFACTURING:
Dairy product manufacturing:
Ancillary and support assets:
Air compression assets - see Table B Air compression assets
Ammonia gas detectors12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2018
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2017
Bag and cardboard compactors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Benches and tables15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Bin and drum tippers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Bins generally:
Plastic8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2017
Stainless steel15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Boilers - see Table B Boilers
Boot washers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Cages (including cardboard cages and pallet cages)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Chemical and flammable storage cabinets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Clean-in-place (CIP) system assets (including pipes, pumps and tanks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Contaminant detectors (including magnets, metal detectors and x-ray units)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Control systems - see Table B Control systems and control system assets
Conveyors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Cooling assets:
Chillers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Cooling towers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Crate handling assets (including lifters, stackers and de-stackers, turners etc)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2016
Dehumidifiers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Dock levellers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Dosing systems15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Dust extractors and collectors20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Fire control and alarm assets - see Table B Fire control and alarm assets
Floor scrubbers and polishers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Foamers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Infeed water treatment assets (excluding water storage tanks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Instrumentation (including flow meters, level transmitters, pressure transmitters etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Laboratory equipment:
Generally (excluding penetrometers) - see Table B Laboratory assets used in quality control, sample checking etc
Penetrometers13 years15.38%7.69%1 Jul 2018
Lifting and handling assets:
Forklifts - see Table B Forklifts
Hoists10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Lifters (including small bin, box, drum, roll and vacuum lifters)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Pallet jacks and pallet trucks10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Scissor lifts15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Milk tankers (incorporating tank and trailer)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Piping, pipelines and pipework20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Power transformers40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2017
Pumps:
Chemical pumps10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Product pumps12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2017
Vacuum pumps12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2017
Water pumps15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Racking15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Refrigeration assets - see Table B Refrigeration assets
Resin beads for milk and protein processing and water filtration5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Scales10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Shelving12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2016
Silos20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Steelwork structures (including ladders, platforms and walkways)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Tanks:
Chemical storage tanks15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Water storage tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Trolleys10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Valves15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Washers (including bottle and crate washers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Waste water treatment assets20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Water filtration system assets (excluding resin beads)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Weighbridges20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Assets commonly used for product manufacturing and processing:
Feeders (including loss-in-weight feeders and volumetric feeders)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Heat exchangers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Heaters (including air heaters and concentrate heaters)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Homogenisers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Hoppers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
In-line moisture meters and moisture controllers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Membrane filtration system assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Mixers and blenders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Pasteurisers and thermalisers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Separators, decanters, clarifiers and bactofuges15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Standardisers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Tanks (including storage, mixing, process and balance tanks)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
UHT aseptic processing system assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Valve matrixes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Assets for butter manufacturing:
Butter churns (including continuous buttermakers and butter reworkers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
Butter melters25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2018
Crystallisers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
In-line titrators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Salt crushers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
Assets for cheese manufacturing:
Blockformers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Cheese cutting machines (including cutters, grinders, shredders and slicers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Cheese washers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Continuous cheese making machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Cooker stretchers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Extruders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Moulding machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Moulds:
Plastic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Stainless steel15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Presses20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Vats:
Cheese making vats20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Culture vats15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Assets for dairy powder manufacturing:
Blowers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Crystallisers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Dryers (including fluid bed and spray)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Evaporators (including circulation/vacuum chamber and falling film)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Powder bins20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Sifters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Assets for ice cream manufacturing:
Blenders and mixers:
Bench mounted planetary mixers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Hand-held stick blenders5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2018
Enrobers (including dippers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Extruders and extrusion line stick inserters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Freezing assets:
Blast freezers and freezer tunnels/hardening tunnels (excluding cabinet style self-contained blast freezers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Cabinet style self-contained blast freezers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Ice cream churners/freezers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Moulding machines, moulds and moulding line stick inserters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Ovens15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Portable batch pasteurisers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2018
Slush machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Assets for yoghurt manufacturing:
Aerators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Fruit dosing system assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Fermentation tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Incubation room assets:
Fans4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2017
Heaters8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2017
Insulated sandwich panels20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Packaging assets:
Bottle and lid unscramblers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Butter patting machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
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
Checkweighers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Cheese wrapping machines (including overwrappers and thermoforming machines)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2017
Debaggers (debagging tables)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Filling and sealing/capping machines (including various types used in the industry such as bag, bin, bottle, bulk, can, carton, pouch and tub filling and sealing/capping machines; form fill and seal machines; preformed cup filling and sealing machines; seamers and clinchers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Flow wrappers (including continuous heat seal wrappers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Inkjet and laser label printers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Palletisers and depalletisers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Palletising robots10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Product identification labellers (including coding machines and label applicators)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Shrink tunnels10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Wrapping machines (including shrink wrappers, stretch wrappers and strapping machines)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2016
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES:
Cafes, restaurants, takeaway food services, pubs, taverns, bars and clubs (hospitality):
Drink dispensing machines (including hot water urns, post mix dispensers, refrigerated and frozen drink dispensers and dairy dispensers, but excluding beer dispensing systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005

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Source: TR 2022/1