ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Veterinary services:
Veterinarians' assets:
Diagnostic assets (including ophthalmoscope, otoscope, handles and power supply)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Pathology and diagnostic imaging services:
Pathologists' assets:
Batch slide stainer6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2002
Bio hazard chambers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2002
Centrifuges5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2002
Incubators6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2002
Laboratory analysers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2002
Microscopes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2002
Rotary microtomes6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2002
Tissue embedding systems6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2002
Tissue processors6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2002
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 radiography (CR) digitisers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2002
Computed tomography (CT) systems (incorporating scanners, integrated computers and integrated software)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Film digitisers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2002
Fluoroscopy assets (excluding direct radiography assets):
Fixed systems (incorporating buckies, generators, screening tables and suspensions)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Image acquisition systems (incorporating computers, digital cameras, integrated software and monitors)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2002
Image intensifiers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2002
Mobile systems (incorporating buckies, generators, screening tables and suspensions)10 years20.00%10.00%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
Patient archival and communication systems (PACS)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2002
Processing assets:
Daylight imaging processors9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jul 2002
Dry laser imaging processors8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2002
Wet laser imaging processors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Teleradiology assets (excluding the imaging device)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2002
Ultrasound systems (incorporating scanner, transducers, integrated computer and integrated software)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2002
X-ray assets (excluding direct radiography assets):
Fixed systems (incorporating buckies, control panels, generators, screening table, suspensions, tube column and x-ray tube)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Image intensifier7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2002
Mobile systems (incorporating buckies, control panels, generators, screening table, suspensions, tube column and x-ray tube)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Optometry and optical dispensing:
Optical assets:
Glaucoma diagnostic assets (including ocular coherence tomographs (OCTs), scanning laser ophthalmoscopes and scanning laser polarimeters)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Ultrasound diagnostic assets (including A-scan biometers, A/B scan biometers, B-scan biometers, laser interference biometers, pachymeters and ultrasound biomicroscopes (UBMs))5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive repair and maintenance:
Automotive and heavy vehicle repair and maintenance assets:
Diagnostic assets:
Diagnostic and roller dynamometers, performance and emissions testers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Engine analysers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Electrical test benches10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Fuel injection pump test benches5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Oscilloscopes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Scan tools5 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:
Field service assets:
Diagnostic assets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Workshop assets:
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

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Source: TR 2022/1