ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Water supply:
Assets used by irrigation water providers:
Drainage channels (measured from the point of intersection with another drainage channel to the following intersection)100 years2.00%1.00%1 Jan 2005
Sewerage and drainage services:
Chemical dosing pumps25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Dams:
Lined earth dams100 years2.00%1.00%1 Jan 2005
Dam covers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
Effluent outfalls:
Shoreline ocean100 years2.00%1.00%1 Jan 2005
Extended ocean100 years2.00%1.00%1 Jan 2005
River or estuary100 years2.00%1.00%1 Jan 2005
Methane gas and cogeneration assets - see Table A Electricity supply (26110 to 26400) and Gas supply (27000)
Pump sets (incorporating switch boards, starters, motors and pumps)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Sewage pump station assets:
Detention tanks80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Overflow screens25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Sewage service connection assets:
Low pressure pumps25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Vacuum pumps25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Sewage treatment assets:
Air filtration systems20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
Air scrubbers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2005
Chemical blowers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
Chemical feeders and hoppers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Chemical mixers and blenders25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Chemical storage tanks30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2005
Grit removal assets25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Penstocks25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Screenings removal assets25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Sludge processing assets:
Anaerobic digesters80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Anaerobic digester gas handling and blowing systems25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Anaerobic digester heating systems25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Bio-filters80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Dissolved air flotation systems25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Lime disinfection dosing units25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Sludge dewatering assets:
Belt presses15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
Centrifuges20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
Screw conveyors25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Screw presses20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
Sludge driers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
Sludge heating units20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
Sludge thickening tanks (incorporating scrapers)80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Treatment assets:
Primary treatment assets:
Primary clarifiers (incorporating scrapers)80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Primary sedimentation lagoons50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2005
Primary sedimentation tanks (incorporating scrapers and weirs)80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Scum collection and transfer systems25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Secondary treatment assets:
Biological nutrient removal (BNR) assets:
Aerators and blowers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
BNR tanks (incorporating mixed liquor stream, anoxic, anaerobic and swing zones and diffusers)80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Mixers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Secondary clarifiers (incorporating scrapers)80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Secondary treatment lagoons50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2005
Secondary treatment tanks (incorporating scrapers and weirs)80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Sequenced batch reactors80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Sludge aerators and blowers80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Tertiary treatment assets:
Backwash air blowers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
Chlorine contact tanks80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Filtration tanks80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Reverse osmosis assets:
Fine screening systems15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
Micro filtration units15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
Reverse osmosis membrane filtration units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2005
UV disinfectors25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Water storage tanks80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Sewerage control systems assets:
Chlorine residual analysers and pH meters7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2005
Dissolved oxygen probes, level sensors, transmitters and meters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2005
Flow meters20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
Telemetry (including modems and remote transfer units)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2005
Variable speed drives (VSDs)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
Sewer mains: Being lengths of collection sewers measured from manhole to manhole (including branch, main, pressure, reticulation, sub-main and trunk sewers) (not being in the nature of a repair)80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Valves:
Generally25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Pressure reducing valves30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2005
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Tramway and light rail passenger transport services:
Infrastructure assets:
Trackwork (incorporating track drainage):
Ballasted track25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2010
Curved track20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Embedded track30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Points (excluding automatic points) and crossings20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Track within depots40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2010

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Source: TR 2022/1