ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MANUFACTURING:
Printing:
Flexographic printing assets:
Ancillary assets:
Ink dispensing systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2006
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Support and other assets:
Tanker filling assets:
Automated dispensing systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Human pharmaceutical and medicinal product manufacturing:
Raw material storage and dispensing assets:
Demountable strong rooms20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2004
Dispensing booths and associated air filtration systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
Laminar flow benches and biohazard cabinets8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2004
Safes20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2004
Weighing scales10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Assembly and body shop assets:
Adhesive mixing and dispensing assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Trim and final shop assets:
Fluid filling assets:
Urea dispensing systems (incorporating intermediate bulk containers, hose reels, meters and pumps)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES:
Cafes, restaurants, takeaway food services, pubs, taverns, bars and clubs (hospitality):
Beer dispensing system assets (including, tanks, taps tubes and valves)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2005
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
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Optometry and optical dispensing:
Optical assets:
Automatic refractometers/keratometers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Cameras (including anterior segment cameras, retinal cameras, fundus cameras):
Analogue8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2004
Digital4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jan 2004
Colour vision testers (automated)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2004
Corneal topography systems5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Examination chairs10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
Glaucoma diagnostic assets (including ocular coherence tomographs (OCTs), scanning laser ophthalmoscopes and scanning laser polarimeters)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Keratometers (Ophthalmometers):
Automated5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Manual12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2004
Ophthalmic surgery assets:
Microkeratome3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jan 2004
Ophthalmic cryo surgery systems5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Ophthalmic diathermy surgery systems5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Ophthalmic lasers:
Non-refractive10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
Refractive (including eye tracking systems)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jan 2004
Phacoemulsification systems4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jan 2004
Pupillometers (used for refractive surgery)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Vitrectomy systems4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jan 2004
Wave front analysers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jan 2004
Ophthalmic viewers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Ophthalmoscopes:
Direct (including power supply)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2004
Indirect9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jan 2004
Optical dispensing assets - see Table A Photographic, optical and ophthalmic equipment manufacturing (24110)
Refraction units (including examination chair, instrument arms, table and light source)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
Refractometers (automated)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Slit lamp biomicroscopes:
Hand-held9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jan 2004
Mounted12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2004
Telemedicine digital imaging systems (excluding imaging devices)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jan 2004
Tonometers:
Contact tonometers:
Applanation:
Hand-held6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2004
Mounted8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2004
Electronic6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2004
Non-contact tonometers:
Hand-held5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Table mounted8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2004
Trial lens sets20 years10.00%5.00%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
Visual acuity testing assets:
Automated vision testers6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2004
Manual vision testers (phoropters)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2004
Visual acuity charts (illuminated)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
Visual acuity chart projectors (automated)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2004
Visual field testing assets (perimeters) - automated5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Car park assets:
Entry and exit stations/columns (including RFID card readers, ticket dispensing machines, ticket readers etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Drink dispensing machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005

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Source: TR 2022/1