ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MANUFACTURING:
Oil and fat manufacturing:
Edible oil or fat, blended, modified, refined or solvent extracted manufacturing assets (including canola, safflower, soybean):
Preparatory and extraction assets:
Solvent extraction system assets:
Distillation system assets (incorporating distillation columns, steam economisers, condensers, evaporators and oil strippers)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2012
Spirit manufacturing:
Distillation assets
Laboratory and testing assets (including alcoholmeters, alcolyzers, density meters, gas chromatographs, Graham condensers, homogenisers, hydrometers, Inland Revenue condensers and sugar testers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2018
Stainless steel stills (continuous/vacuum stills, marc stills producing grape spirit, neutral spirit or potable ethanol [incorporating analyser/stripping columns, purifier columns, rectifying columns, condensers and dephlegmators/reflux condensers and methanol/fusel oil isolators])25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2018
Stills generally (copper stills, pot stills, spirit stills and wash stills [incorporating botanical baskets, condensers, head tubes/necks, rectifiers, rectifying columns and still columns])15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Petroleum refining:
Oil refinery assets:
Assets used in other processes:
Distillation columns30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2002
Drums:
Used in amine treating, bitumen blowing, potassium carbonate treating or vacuum distillation15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Filters/coalescers:
Used in amine treating, continuous coking, delayed coking, potassium carbonate treating, visbreaking or vacuum distillation20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2002
Heat exchangers:
Used in amine treating, bitumen blowing, catalytic de-waxing, continuous coking, delayed coking, hydrodesulphurisation, hydrotreating, potassium carbonate treating, vacuum distillation or visbreaking20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2002
Pumps:
Used in amine treating, bitumen blowing, catalytic de-waxing, continuous coking, delayed coking, potassium carbonate treating, vacuum distillation or visbreaking20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2002
Industrial gas manufacturing:
Industrial gas - manufacturing assets for specific gases:
Argon, nitrogen and oxygen manufacturing assets (cryogenic process):
Cold boxes (incorporating distillation columns, expansion valves, heat exchangers, piping, separators and vacuum insulated enclosures)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Distillation and purification assets:
Distillation columns25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2012
Molecular sieve adsorption systems (incorporating condensers, control systems, coolers, heaters, molecular sieves, pumps, tanks and vacuum equipment)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2012
Reboilers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Side stream strippers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing:
Ammonia manufacturing assets:
Air and gas reforming and separation assets:
Cryogenic separation process assets:
Cold boxes (incorporating cryogenic distillation columns, expansion valves, heat exchangers, piping, separators and vacuum insulated enclosures)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Coke making assets:
Coke ovens gas by-products assets:
Benzine, toluene and xylene plant assets:
Distillation columns, dephlegorators, pumps, tanks, coolers, condensers and pre heaters30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2009
Napthalene plant assets:
Sludge tanks, pre heaters, distillation columns, tanks, decanters, condensers, and pumps35 years5.71%2.86%1 Jul 2009

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Source: TR 2022/1