ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Grading and packing line assets used on farm:
General assets:
Drying tunnels15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Tree nut assets:
Drying silos20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2008
Fruit and tree nut growing:
Fruit growing assets:
Dried fruit assets:
Drying sheets (including ground sheets)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Other agriculture and fishing support services:
Pulse and seed processing assets:
Processing assets:
Conditioning assets:
Conditioning units/drying units/heaters7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2017
MINING:
Hydrometallurgy and Pyrometallurgy assets:
Drying process assets (including rotary dryers, spray dryers and indirect heat exchanger dryers)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2003
Gold ore mining:
Gold ore processing assets:
Laboratory assets:
Generally (including drying ovens, pulverisers, crushers, gas fired ovens, fume cupboards)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2004
Mineral sand mining:
Drying assets:
Generally (including flash and fluid bed dryers and fluid bed heaters)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2003
Rotary dryer kilns30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2003
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Rendering plant:
Blood drying equipment (includes blood holding tanks, agitated holding tanks, coagulators, driers, decanters and dried blood hoppers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Fruit and vegetable processing:
Dried fruit (other than sun-dried) manufacturing assets:
Processing assets:
Drying assets (including dehydrators and dryers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
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:
Meal and cake processing assets (incorporating desolventisers, toasters, drying and cooling assets)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2012
Support assets:
Drying assets (including vacuum dryers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Bakery product manufacturing (non-factory based):
Sugar milling assets:
Sugar drying and storage assets:
Hoppers (weigh and feed)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Lump breakers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Rotary sugar dryers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Sugar storage bins and silos30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Vibratory screens15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Sugar refining assets:
Sugar receival, drying, screening, and storage assets:
Bins, hoppers and silos30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Lump breakers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Rotary sugar dryers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Sugar throwers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Vibratory screens (including graders and scalpers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Support assets:
Cookers, drying rooms, ovens, roasters, mixers and melting stations (caramel, fruit, nougat, wafer etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing:
Pet food manufacturing assets:
Wet process assets:
Drying assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing assets generally:
Drying, coating, cooling and addition assets:
Coating assets (including oil, tumble and vacuum coaters)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2012
Coolers (including counterflow, horizontal and vertical)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Cooling fans and cyclones10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Dryers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Injection systems (including tallow)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Meters (including counterflow meters)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Post pellet addition systems (incorporating mixers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Screening and sieving assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Vacuum pump and piping15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Log sawmilling and timber dressing:
Saw milling equipment:
Green mill plant:
Kiln drying plant:
Generally (includes kiln trolleys/carriages, traverser and weights)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Timber drying kilns and reconditioners15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Printing:
Screen printing assets:
Ancillary assets:
Drying racks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2006
Industrial gas manufacturing:
Industrial gas distribution assets:
Cylinder preparation assets:
Cylinder drying cabinets (incorporating heaters and fans)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Support and other assets:
Air drying systems for industrial and instrument air15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Support and other assets:
Air compression assets:
Air drying and filtering systems12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2012
Laboratory assets:
Other laboratory equipment (including autoclaves, centrifuges, drying ovens, fume cupboards and UV sterilisers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing:
Ammonia manufacturing assets:
Air and gas reforming and separation assets:
Cryogenic separation process assets:
Air cooling and drying assets (excluding adsorption systems shown above)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Support assets:
Air compression assets (for industrial air and instrument air):
Air compressors (incorporating air drying and filtering assets)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Laboratory assets:
Other laboratory equipment (including centrifuges, drying ovens, fume cupboards etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Ammonium nitrate manufacturing assets:
Ammonium nitrate prill manufacturing assets:
Coating, cooling, drying and screening assets:
Bulk flow coolers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Chilling systems (incorporating chillers, ducting and piping)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Coating product tanks25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Fluid bed coolers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Rotary drum machines (including coaters, coolers, driers and granulators)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Screeners20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Human pharmaceutical and medicinal product manufacturing:
Production assets:
Drying ovens10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
Cement manufacturing:
Drying assets:
Fluid bed dryers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Hot gas generators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Rotary dryers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Support assets:
Testing equipment:
Generally (including spectrometers, gas chromatographs, titrators, calorimeters, laser granulometers, photometers, moisture analysers, drying ovens)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Concrete product manufacturing:
Concrete block, brick and paver manufacturing assets:
Curing assets:
Drying chambers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Racks (excluding racks fixed to drying chambers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Fibre cement building boards manufacturing assets:
Finishing line and packaging assets:
Drying tunnels (including heating ovens)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Photographic, optical and ophthalmic equipment manufacturing:
Optical lens grinding and contact lens manufacturing:
Lens curing and drying ovens10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Water supply:
Assets used in water supply:
Water treatment assets:
Bore water treatment assets:
Drying beds50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2005
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Scientific testing and analysis services:
Coal laboratory assets:
Sample preparation assets:
Drying ovens:
Benchtop7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2018
Others (including floor size with trolleys)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Mineral processing and metallurgical laboratory assets:
Sample preparation assets:
Drying ovens:
Benchtop7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Others (including floor size with trolleys)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES:
Building and other industrial cleaning services:
Drying and restoration assets (including air movers and dehumidifiers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Packaging services:
Fruit and vegetables pack houses assets used off farm:
General assets:
Drying tunnels15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Tree nuts assets:
Drying silos15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Hospitals:
Hospital assets:
Sterilisation and autoclave processing assets:
Drying cabinets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2003
OTHER SERVICES:
Laundry and dry cleaning services:
Carpet, upholstery and rug cleaning services assets:
Drying and restoration assets (including air movers and dehumidifiers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Drying assets:
Tumble dryers, standalone12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Tunnel dryers and garment finishers (including steam cabinets)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011

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Source: TR 2022/1