ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Agriculture:
Silos:
Ancillary equipment20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2001
Beef cattle feedlots:
Feed milling and handling assets:
Ancillary grain handling equipment:
Augers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Conveyors and elevators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Poultry farming for breeding, eggs and meat:
Silos for feed:
Ancillary equipment:
Augers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Conveyors and elevators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Poultry hatcheries:
Candling equipment20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
MINING:
Mineral dressing assets:
Filtration assets (including pressure filtration and vacuum filtration equipment)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2003
Flotation assets (including tanks, launders, agitators, air supply and reagent dosing equipment)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2003
Underground mobile mining machines:
Long-wall equipment:
Armoured face conveyors6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2002
Beam stage loaders7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2002
Hydraulic pump modules15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Hydraulic roof supports10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Impact crushers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Mobile conveyors tail end5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2002
Roof support relocation vehicles10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Shearers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2002
Shearer carriers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Oil and gas extraction:
Gas production assets:
Coal seam gas extraction assets:
Well assets:
Downhole equipment (including pumps, but excluding well casing)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Wellpad surface assets (including christmas trees, separators and telemetry equipment)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Wells and downhole equipment15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Oil production assets:
Wells and downhole equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Iron ore mining:
Infrastructure support assets:
Dust suppression/control equipment15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Other mining support services:
Gas and oil mining support services (excluding offshore services):
Drilling assets:
Well control equipment (including blow out preventers and choke manifolds)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2018
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
Environmental control equipment (including condensers and associated equipment, bio-filters, air-scrubbers, after-burners and dissolved air flotation systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Poultry processing:
Defeathering equipment:
Pluckers or pickers13 years15.38%7.69%1 Jul 2017
Pluckers (waterfowl necks or tails)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2017
Pluckers (drums and wax peelers)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2017
Scalders (air or water)11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2017
Waxing tanks8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2017
Evisceration equipment:
Croppers, feet removers, giblet processors, head removers, heart lung harvesters, heart lung separators, openers, vent cutters etc)11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2017
Inside/outside bird washers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Grading equipment:
Camera vision scanners6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2017
Overhead chain weighing, sorting, and transfer systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2017
Killing equipment:
Controlled atmosphere stunning (CAS) machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Electric water stunners12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2017
Killers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2017
Packaging machines generally (bagging machines, batchers, carton and case erecting and closing machines, inspection equipment (checkweighers, metal detectors etc), multihead and singlehead weighers, palletisers and depalletisers, product identification labellers, robotic pick and place machines and wrapping machines) - see Table B Packaging machines
Cured meat and smallgoods manufacturing:
Post-production and packaging assets:
Packaging machines generally (bagging machines, carton and case erecting and closing machines, inspection equipment (checkweighers, metal detectors etc), multihead and singlehead weighers, palletisers and depalletisers, product identification labellers, robotic pick and place machines and wrapping machines) - see Table B Packaging machines
Dairy product manufacturing:
Ancillary and support assets:
Laboratory equipment:
Generally (excluding penetrometers) - see Table B Laboratory assets used in quality control, sample checking etc
Penetrometers13 years15.38%7.69%1 Jul 2018
Fruit and vegetable processing:
Dried fruit (other than sun-dried) manufacturing assets:
Quality control and inspection assets:
Inspection equipment (including checkweighers and metal detectors) - see Table B Packaging machines
Testing equipment15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Fruit juice and fruit juice drink manufacturing assets:
Support assets:
Laboratory equipment:
Electronic (including high performance liquid chromatography or HPLC machines, refractometers, spectrometry machines and titrimetric analysers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Non-electronic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Preserved fruit and vegetable manufacturing assets:
Quality control and inspection assets:
Inspection equipment (including checkweighers and metal detectors) - see Table B Packaging machines
Grain mill product manufacturing:
Flour milling assets:
Packaging assets:
Inspection equipment (including check weighers, metal detectors, counting machines etc) - see Table B Packaging machines
Quality control assets:
Laboratory testing equipment (including near infrared analysers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Rice milling assets:
Quality control assets:
Inspection equipment (including check weighers and metal detectors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Laboratory equipment (including moisture testing machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Bakery product manufacturing (non-factory based):
Sugar refining assets:
Packaging assets:
Inspection equipment (including check weighers, metal detectors, counting machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Packaging assets:
Inspection equipment (including check weighers, metal detectors, scales, vision scanners etc)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2016
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing:
Pet food manufacturing assets:
Packaging assets:
Inspection equipment (including checkweighers, metal detectors, counting machines etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing assets generally:
Packaging assets:
Inspection equipment (including checkweighers, metal detectors, counting machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Other food product manufacturing n.e.c.:
Coffee processing assets:
Packaging assets:
Inspection equipment (including checkweighers, metal detectors, counting machines etc)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2012
Frozen pre-prepared food manufacturing assets (including frozen appetisers and finger foods such as dim sims and spring rolls, frozen french fries/potato chips, frozen pizzas and frozen pre-prepared meals):
Ancillary and support assets:
Frying oil reclaiming and cleansing systems (incorporating filtration equipment, storage tanks and ventilation hoods)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Waste water treatment assets:
Clarifiers (including dissolved air floatation equipment and screens)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Soft drink, cordial and syrup manufacturing:
Support assets:
Laboratory equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Wine and other alcoholic beverage manufacturing:
Sparkling wine equipment:
Carbonation equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Corking/wiring equipment15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Disgorging and dosing equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Riddling equipment15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Support assets:
Grape/wine testing equipment:
Grape must analyzers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Laboratory - glassware2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2008
Laboratory - other equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Clothing manufacturing:
Pressing equipment (including ironing tables and steam boilers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2022
Log sawmilling and timber dressing:
Saw milling equipment:
Dry or planner mill plant:
Generally (includes multi saw/trimmer, pack docker, planner/molder, resaw or optimiser docker, stress grader and tilt hoist)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Stackers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Tray sorters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Green mill plant:
Edger line plant (includes board edger and resaw)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Heating plant (includes storage bins/silos)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
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
Main saw line plant (includes saws, chipper canter, board separator and cant turner)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Sorter and trimming line plant:
Generally (includes grade mark reader and multi trimmer)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Stackers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Vertical bin sorters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Log debarking plant (includes decks, carriages, hydraulic grabs and fixed cranes, butt reducer, debarker, kicker sorter and bins/pockets)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Log, lumber and waste transfer equipment15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Log yard equipment:
Fixed and mobile cranes12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2001
Mobile equipment (including log loaders with log grabs)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2001
Watering systems15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Miscellaneous plant:
Generally (includes air compressors, extraction systems and pollution and air monitoring equipment)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Moisture meters3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jan 2001
Saw and knife sharpening equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Walkways15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Waste processing equipment:
Bins - waste, chip and fuel15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Chippers, shakers/screens and hoggers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Plywood and veneer manufacturing:
Log yard assets (see Table A Log sawmilling and timber dressing (14110 to 14130), saw milling equipment)
Reconstituted wood product manufacturing:
Log yard assets (see Table A Log sawmilling and timber dressing (14110 to 14130), saw milling equipment)
Printing:
Newspaper printing assets:
Offset lithography printing presses:
Hybrid heatset and non-heatset webfed offset presses (incorporating integrated control systems, dryers and other peripheral equipment)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Non-heatset (coldset) webfed offset presses (incorporating integrated control systems, folders, pasters, reelstands and other peripheral equipment)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Offset lithography printing presses used in commercial printing generally:
Heatset webfed offset presses (incorporating integrated control systems, coaters and other peripheral equipment)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Sheetfed presses (incorporating integrated control systems, coaters and other peripheral equipment)12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jan 2006
Petroleum refining:
Oil refinery assets:
Laboratory equipment20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2001
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Distillation and purification assets:
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
Support and other assets:
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:
Support assets:
Laboratory assets:
Other laboratory equipment (including centrifuges, drying ovens, fume cupboards etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Cement manufacturing:
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
Raw material analysers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
XRF/XRD analysers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Plate mill assets:
Furnaces (incorporating slab pushers, bumpers, pyrometers, off takes from king valve to outlets and all structures and equipment from after entry skids up to and including circular apron skids)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Ancillary and support assets:
Battery assets for warehouse vehicles (including pallet trucks and forklifts) - see Table B Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines
Trim and final shop assets:
Headlight aiming equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Metal stamping and blanking assets:
Maintenance workshop and tool room assets:
Lifting equipment (including vertical elevators and hoists)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Motor car engine assembly and manufacturing assets:
Engine assembly and engine component sub- assembly assets:
Adhesive application assets used in form-in-place gasket systems etc (including adhesive unloading equipment and robots)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Quality control assets generally (including cylinder head thickness testers, digital torque wrenches, gauges, inspection equipment generally, measuring equipment generally, microscopes, scales, scanners, testing equipment generally, thermometers, vibration meters etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Waste treatment assets:
Laboratory equipment (including balancers, chart recorders, dryers, pH sampling devices, rotameters and simulators etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Other motor vehicle parts manufacturing:
Piston ring manufacturing plant:
Overhead gear, equipment, belting etc20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2001
Aircraft manufacturing and repair services:
Aircraft testing and measurement equipment:
Instrumentation, dynamometers and calibrating equipment (including testing equipment for engines, radios)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
Maintenance stands (including rigs and engine stands)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2020
Test cell tunnels40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2020
Borescope equipment:
Fixed probes3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2020
Flexible probes3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2020
Light source5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2020
Video scopes5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2020
Other transport equipment manufacturing n.e.c.:
Motorcycle building plant10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Photographic, optical and ophthalmic equipment manufacturing:
Optical lens grinding and contact lens manufacturing:
CNC milling machines7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2004
Combined surface generators and grinders and finers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Deblocking and lens cleaning machines (including ultrasonic washers)9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jul 2004
Finers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Finishing blockers8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2004
Frame tracers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
Lap tools10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Layout blockers8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2004
Lens coating machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Lens curing and drying ovens10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Lens edgers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2004
Lens tinting machines8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2004
Lensmeters:
Automated5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
Manual10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Polishers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Protective lacquering or surface saver taping machines9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jul 2004
Surface generators and grinders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Surface lathes8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2004
Other professional and scientific equipment manufacturing n.e.c.:
Watchmakers' plant10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
WHOLESALE TRADE:
Barcode readers/scanners - see Table B Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines
Lifting and handling assets:
Forklifts - see Table B Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines
Pallet conveyers - see Table B Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines
Picking and collating machines - see Table B Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines
Racks - see Table B Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines
Trolleys - see Table B Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines
Petroleum product wholesaling:
Bulk fuel terminal assets (excluding LPG assets):
Terminal automation equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
RETAIL TRADE:
Supermarket and grocery stores:
Support and other assets:
Balers (for cardboard and plastic) - see Table B Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES:
Accommodation:
Audio visual entertainment assets (including those used in conference and function rooms (including amplifier, audio speaker, digital disc player, microphone, television sets, turntable, video projection equipment))5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2005
Cafes, restaurants, takeaway food services, pubs, taverns, bars and clubs (hospitality):
Audio visual entertainment assets (including amplifiers, audio speakers, digital disc players, microphones, television sets, turntables and video projection equipment)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2005
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Tramway and light rail passenger transport services:
Infrastructure assets:
Communication, computer and passenger support assets:
Automatic vehicle monitoring tram borne equipment (including transponders)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Rail freight and passenger transport services:
Infrastructure assets:
Signalling assets (including axle detectors, block signals, dragging equipment detector, hot boxes, interlockings, level crossings, and train control and train describer)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Water transport and support services:
Port assets:
Cargo handling equipment:
Containers, transportable (used to transport goods by road, rail and sea)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Cranes:
Container/portainer20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2002
Fixed25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2002
Mobile (over 15.24 tonnes lift)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2002
Dozers9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jul 2002
Forklifts:
Container handling7 ½ years26.67%13.33%1 Jul 2002
General handling11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2002
Rail mounted gantries15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Reach stackers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Ship loaders30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2002
Ship unloaders20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2002
Spreaders5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2002
Stackers, reclaimers and stackers/reclaimers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2002
Straddle carriers12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jul 2002
Wheel loaders8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2002
Environmental equipment:
Current, tidal, wave and wind monitoring systems5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2002
Oil spill containment boom10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Land based facilities:
Storage sheds, to the extent they form an integral part of bulk handling equipment40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2002
Courier pick-up and delivery services:
Materials handling equipment:
Ball transfer mats and castor decks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Control systems and control system assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Conveyors (including shoe sorters)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Forklifts - see Table B
Parcel sorting system assets (including sortation system assets) (excluding control systems and control system assets)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Scissor lifts10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Storage racks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Trolleys, freight barrows, cages and bins10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Pick up and delivery equipment:
Barcode label printers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Portable hand held barcode readers (including point of delivery capture devices and delivery information acquisition devices)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Other warehousing and storage services:
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Automated storage and retrieval machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Balers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Battery assets for warehouse vehicles (including pallet trucks and forklifts):
Batteries (detachable for recharging)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Battery chargers:
Forklifts11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2011
Other10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Handling assets:
Battery tuggers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Racking roller beds15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Transfer carts10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Washers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Carts/buggies15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Conveyors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Dock levellers, pallet jacks, pallet trucks and scissor lifts - see Table B Loading bay assets
Door controls and motor drive systems (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors):
External20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Internal10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Floor sweepers/scrubbers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Forklift attachments:
Cages10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Push pull units11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2011
Inflatable dock bags/seals/shelters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Packaging machines and wrapping machines - see Table B Packaging machines
Pallet assets:
Dispensers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Lift tables10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Racks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Radio frequency terminal assets:
Barcode readers/scanners5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Portable/handheld and vehicle mounted terminal devices4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Refrigeration assets - see Table B
Roll cages10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Trolleys10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Voice picking assets:
Battery chargers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Headsets4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Terminals (on person)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Waste compactors (used for cardboard and plastic):
Electric15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Hydraulic20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Motion picture and video activities:
Screening theatre assets:
Audio amplification and processing equipment (includes component racks systems)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Motion picture exhibition:
Audio amplification and processing equipment (including component rack systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Drive-in plant:
Sound transmission equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Listening units (including posts, wiring and speaker equipment)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Film handling and maintenance equipment (including splicers, footage counters, spools and reels, stripper plates, rewinders, spinners, trolleys and cleaners)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Loud speakers and sound reproduction equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Motion picture and slide projection equipment:
Motion picture projectors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Projector heat extraction systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Projection ports20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2001
Slide projectors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Screen installations (including screens, framing and masking equipment)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2001
Radio broadcasting:
Transmission assets:
Fibre optic terminal equipment generally10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Telecommunications services:
Telecommunications assets:
Equipment shelters (transportable)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2003
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Video recorder or equipment hiring6 ⅔ years30.00%15.00%1 Jan 2001
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Surveying and mapping services:
GNSS/GPS survey equipment (including receivers, reference/base stations, rover receivers, data radios, antennas and integrated GNSS)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Rail surveying assets:
Mobile rail surveying equipment5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Scientific testing and analysis services:
Coal laboratory assets:
Laboratory analytical equipment and instruments:
Analytical balances7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2018
Calorimeters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Carbon and sulphur analysers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2018
CHN analysers (including carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2018
Coal ash fusibility furnaces10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Crucible Swell Number (CSN) burners10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Dilatometers9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jul 2018
Fume cabinets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Moisture testing ovens (including nitrogen setup apparatus)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Muffle furnaces15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Particle size analysers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Petrographic microscopes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Plastometers9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jul 2018
Water baths (including ultrasonic water baths)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2018
X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2018
Mineral processing and metallurgical laboratory assets:
Sample preparation assets:
Solvent extraction & electrowinning equipment15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2019
Laboratory analytical equipment and instruments:
Analytical balances7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) instruments10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
Auto dilutors7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Auto titration instruments7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Carbon and sulphur analysers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Cupellation furnaces10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
Fume cabinets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2019
Fusion furnaces10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Hot blocks7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Hotplate magnetic stirrers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
Incubators7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and Inductively coupled plasmas optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
Ion Chromatography (IC) equipment15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2019
Muffle furnaces12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2019
Overhead stirrers8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2019
Particle size analysers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
Petrographic microscopes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
Robotic cells (including robotic fusion cells, robotic preparations cells)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
Robotic TGA cells7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Thermogravimetric Analysers (TGAs)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Water baths5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2019
X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Kindergarten furniture and play equipment - see Table A Child care services (87100)
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Pathology and diagnostic imaging services:
Radiologists' diagnostic imaging assets:
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
Optometry and optical dispensing:
Optical assets:
Optical dispensing assets - see Table A Photographic, optical and ophthalmic equipment manufacturing (24110)
Retirement village and accommodation for the aged operation:
Fitness and recreation assets:
Gymnasium and exercise equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
Support assets:
Swimming pool assets:
Filtration equipment (including chlorinators and pumps) - see Table B Swimming pool assets
ARTS AND RECREATION SERVICES:
Creative and performing arts activities:
Theatre equipment:
Accessories (theatrical - wigs, costumes etc)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2001
Sports and physical recreation venues, grounds and facilities operations n.e.c.:
Bowling centres (plant and equipment):
Bowling alleys (timber - including ball return tracks, gutters, pit signals and terminals)13 ⅓ years15.00%7.50%1 Jan 2001
Bowling balls5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2001
Carpets4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jan 2001
Masking units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Pin setters and pin spotters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Other equipment13 ⅓ years15.00%7.50%1 Jan 2001
Skating rink plant:
General freezing plant and equipment13 ⅓ years15.00%7.50%1 Jan 2001
Ski equipment (skis, boots and stocks for hiring to public)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jan 2001
Amusement parks and centres operation and amusement and other recreational activities n.e.c.:
Amusement machines and equipment:
Coin-operated amusement machines:
Children's rides5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2001
Convertible video games/simulators (cabinet)5 ½ years36.36%18.18%1 Jul 2001
Dedicated video games/simulators3 ½ years57.14%28.57%1 Jul 2001
Interchangeable video game kits1 years200.00%100.00%1 Jul 2001
Juke boxes (CD)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2001
Photo-image machines3 ½ years57.14%28.57%1 Jul 2001
Pinball machines3 ½ years57.14%28.57%1 Jul 2001
Pool/billiard tables10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2001
Redemption games (prizes/tickets)5 ½ years36.36%18.18%1 Jul 2001
Table games (including air hockey, soccer etc)5 ½ years36.36%18.18%1 Jul 2001
Billiard tables40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jan 2001
Rides and devices (fixed or mobile):
Chair-o-planes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Children's indoor soft playgrounds5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2002
Children's rides (designed for the carriage of children less than 8 years old)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Ferris wheels25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2002
Free falls (including giant drop and tower of terror)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2002
Inflatables (including jumping castles)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2002
Overhead transit devices (including chair lifts and cabin lifts)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2002
Roller coasters:
Non-powered (including corkscrew loop, looping coasters and mini roller coasters - wild cat, madmouse)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2002
Powered (including tornado)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Round rides with or without additional motions (including merry-go-rounds)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Self-drive non-powered gravity rides (including toboggans and bob-sleds):
Track20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Vehicle5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2002
Self-drive powered rides (including dodgems and go-karts):
Track15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Vehicle5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2002
Simulators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2002
Swinging rides (including pirate ship, spaceloop, and rainbow)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Trains, tracked or trackless (including tractor trains and miniature railways)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2002
Water rides20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Water slides (gravity powered)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Gambling activities:
Totalisators:
Computer equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Ancillary equipment (e.g. ticket issuing machines)13 ⅓ years15.00%7.50%1 Jan 2001
Casino operations:
Table game equipment:
Big wheels7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2022
Card shufflers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2022
Chippers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2022
Chips and plaques10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2022
Dealer handset devices5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2022
Display screens5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2022
Roulette wheels7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2022
Shoes (electronic type)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2022
OTHER SERVICES:
Other machinery and equipment repair and maintenance:
Agriculture, construction and mining heavy machinery and equipment repair and maintenance assets:
Field service assets:
Assets used in field service that are not listed under this sub-heading - use any relevant determination listed under Workshop assets below
Air compressors8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2015
Cranes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Cutting machines8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2015
Diagnostic assets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Lathes5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Line boring machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Milling machines8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2015
Turning machines8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2015
Trailers:
Generally (including comb trailers and tilt trailers) - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Service trailers (incorporating built-in hoses, built-in pumps, built-in tanks etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Workshop assets:
Air conditioning service assets (including refrigerant management/charging stations, refrigerant recovery machines, refrigerant recovery and recycling machines and vacuum pumps)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Air compression assets (including air dryers, air receivers, compressors and packaged air compression systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Battery chargers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Battery load testers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Bending machines:
Folders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Pipe and tube benders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Press brakes20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Brake shoe riveting machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Brake testers (including in-ground and mobile roller brake testers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Boring machines (including floor borers, jib borers, horizontal and vertical boring machines)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
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
Drilling machines (including drill presses, magnetic drills, pedestal drills and radial arm drills)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Flange facers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Forklift attachments10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Forklifts11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2015
Grinding machines (including gear grinding machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Guillotine shears15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Heat treatment assets (including furnaces and quenches)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Hydraulic hose crimpers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Lathes:
CNC lathes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Manual lathes20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Lifting assets:
Cranes:
Jib cranes (including column/wall mounted, floor mounted/freestanding and portable jib cranes)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Overhead cranes25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2015
Pick & carry cranes/yard cranes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Portable cranes generally (including engine cranes, engine hoists, floor cranes, mobile gantries, shop cranes etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Hoists10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Jacks (including air hydraulic jacks, hydro pneumatic jacks, floor jacks, transmission jacks, trolley jacks and truck jacks)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Scissor lifts15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Vehicle lifters (including mobile column lifts and post hoists)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Machining centres10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Milling machines (including bed mills and universal mills)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Oil recovery, service and treatment assets:
Collection vessels/tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Dangerous goods containers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Pumps5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Painting assets:
Buffing machines3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Paint agitators3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Space heaters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Spray booths15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Spray gun washing machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Parts washing machines7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Pipe cutting machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Plasma cutters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Presses:
Hydraulic presses10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Punch and shear machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Saws (including band saws and cold cut saws)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Stands (including axle stands, engine stands and transmission stands)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Storage assets (including racking, shelving, safety cabinets and storage cabinets)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Surface preparation assets:
Abrasive blasting assets:
Abrasive blasting machines (incorporating blasting pots, hoses, nozzles, valves etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Abrasive recovery/recycling machines and associated equipment (including storage hoppers)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2015
Blast booths/chambers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2015
Dust collection and ventilation systems12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2015
Pressure cleaners/washers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015
Toolboxes and toolbox roller cabinets7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Tooling:
Moulds7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Press brake dies10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Tooling for lathes, machining centres, milling machines and other machine tools7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Vehicle specific specialised tooling5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Workholding devices (including jigs and fixtures)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Tools:
Hand tools (manually operated)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Hand held power tools (air, battery and electric)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Power packs5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Torque/tension wrenches5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Torque wrench pumps (pneumatic and electric driven)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Trolleys (including powered and electrodrive trolleys)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Turning machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Waste water recovery and treatment assets:
Grease traps10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Pumps5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Tanks and separators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Waterjet cutting machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Weight scales (corner weight)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Welding assets:
Welders (including ARC, MIG, TIG, multi process and oxy-acetylene welders/cutters)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Weld tables and positioners (including rotary tables)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Welding helmets incorporating respirators3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Wire feeders5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Wheel service assets:
Bead breaker kits5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Tyre changers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Wheel aligners7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Wheel balancers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Wheel handlers and lifters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Wheel play detectors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Work benches and tables15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Funeral, crematorium and cemetery services:
Funeral assets:
Broadcasting equipment (including audio visual devices and streaming equipment)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2020
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Computers and computer equipment:
Computers and computer equipment (not specified elsewhere below)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2016
Computer monitors4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2016
Desktop computers (including personal computers)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2016
Mainframe computers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Mobile/portable computers (including laptops, tablets)2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2016
Network equipment (including hubs, modems routers, switches, etc)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Raised floors25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2017
Servers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2016
Musical instruments and associated equipment:
Associated portable equipment (including amplifiers, microphones, speakers, mixers and music stands)6 ⅔ years30.00%15.00%1 Jan 2001
Brass instruments (including bugles, cornets, euphoniums, horns, sousaphones, trombones, trumpets and tubas)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Keyboard instruments (including accordions, concertinas, organs, pianolas and pianos):
Acoustic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Electric5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2001
Percussion instruments (including chimes, cymbals, drums, gongs, maracas and tambourines)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2001
Stringed instruments (including banjos, basses, cellos, guitars, harps, mandolins, tiples, ukuleles, violas and violins)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Woodwind instruments (including bagpipes, bassoons, clarinets, flutes, oboes, pan pipes, piccolos and recorders)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Office machines and equipment:
Electronic whiteboards6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2001
Enveloping machines6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2001
Facsimile machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2001
Letter folding and inserting machines (including envelope inserters and letter inserters - desktop/low volume units)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Mailing machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2001
Multi function machines (includes fax, copy, print and scan functions)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2001
Photo copying machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2001
Projectors (including lenses)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2014
Shredders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2005
Trolleys15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2005
Whiteboards10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005
Packaging machines:
Inspection equipment (including checkweighers, metal detectors, counting machines etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Power supply assets:
Private electricity line assets (where used for a specified purpose):
Distribution lines:
Overhead (incorporating poles - concrete, wood, steel or stobie - and electrical equipment the responsibility of the private landholder such as conductors, cross arms etc)45 years4.44%2.22%1 Jul 2014
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Automated storage and retrieval machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Balers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Battery assets for warehouse vehicles (including pallet trucks and forklifts):
Batteries (detachable for recharging)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Battery chargers:
Forklifts11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2011
Other10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Handling assets:
Battery tuggers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Racking roller beds15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Transfer carts10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Washers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Carts/buggies15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Conveyors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Dock levellers, pallet jacks, pallet trucks and scissor lifts - see Table B Loading bay assets
Door controls and motor drive systems (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors):
External20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Internal10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Floor sweepers/scrubbers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Forklift attachments:
Cages10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Push pull units11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2011
Inflatable dock bags/seals/shelters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Packaging machines and wrapping machines - see Table B Packaging machines
Pallet assets:
Dispensers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Lift tables10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Racks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Radio frequency terminal assets:
Barcode readers/scanners5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Portable/handheld and vehicle mounted terminal devices4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Refrigeration assets - see Table B Refrigeration assets
Roll cages10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Trolleys10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Voice picking assets:
Battery chargers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Headsets4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Terminals (on person)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Waste compactors (used for cardboard and plastic):
Electric15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Hydraulic20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011

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Source: TR 2022/1