ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Mushroom growing:
Tunnels/rooms (incorporating doors, floors, drains, frames, insulation, lighting, roofs and walls):
Growing15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Peak heat and spawn running10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Poultry farming for breeding, eggs and meat:
Animal housing structures (incorporating frames, walls, rooves, insulation, doors, floors and lighting)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Poultry hatcheries:
Hatchery buildings (incorporating frames, walls, rooves, insulation, doors, floors and lighting)40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jan 2007
Pig farming:
Animal housing assets:
Floors (suspended types):
Concrete10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Plastic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Steel5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Livestock handling assets:
Pig lairages (incorporating concrete slat floor and concrete panel walls or concrete floor and galvanised steel posts and rails)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Slaughter floor assets:
Beef hide pullers (fixed and traversing)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Bung ring expanders:
Pneumatic3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2013
Manual hand held5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Cattle restrainers (incorporating centre track belly conveyors)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2013
Carcass cleaning systems:
Cutting line sanitising systems (incorporating vacuum pumps and collection tanks)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2013
Decontamination chambers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Dehorners5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Electrical immobilisers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2013
Electrical stimulators12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2013
Evisceration tables (incorporating organ pans)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Head cutters and droppers:
Automatic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Hand held hydraulic5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Hock cutters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Knife blade sharpening machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Knocking boxes (incorporating head restrainers)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2013
Landing tables and bleed slat conveyors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
NLIS readers:
Hand held wands2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2013
Fixed gate readers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Swinging gate readers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Offal processing assets:
Chilled water systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Fat vacuum transfer systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Head splitters7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2013
Intestine processing machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Jaw breakers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Offal bins15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Offal chutes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Offal cutting tables15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Offal packing stations15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Offal transfer conveyors (incorporating belts, drives, motors and supporting structure)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Offal tumblers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Offal washers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Tongue cleaners10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Tripe cookers/centrifuges10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Overhead bleed, dressing and trim conveyors ((incorporating housings, handles, chains and motors) including elevators and lowerators)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Pneumatic knives:
De-hiding knives2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2013
Meat trimmers/round knives and de-fatting knives2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2013
Preparation and trimming stations15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Rise and fall platforms15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Saws:
Brisket saws5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Splitting saws5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Scribing saws3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2013
Sheep brisket scissors5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Sheep restrainers (incorporating belts, pulleys, drives and motors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Sheep skin pullers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Specialised pork slaughter floor assets:
Carbon dioxide (C02) stunning chambers (incorporating carousels)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Carcass grading probes4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2013
De-hairing machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Gambrel tables15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Polishers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Scalding tanks15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Singers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Spinal cord removal systems (incorporating hand pieces, vacuum pumps and tanks)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2013
Stunners:
Electric stunners5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Manual bolt stunners with cartridges5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Pneumatic bolt stunners7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2013
Waste belt conveyors (incorporating drives, motors and supporting structure)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Waste screw conveyors (incorporating drives, motors and supporting structure)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Cured meat and smallgoods manufacturing:
Raw material preparation and receiving assets:
Floor scales (platform scales)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Dairy product manufacturing:
Ancillary and support assets:
Floor scrubbers and polishers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Grain mill product manufacturing:
Malt manufacturing assets:
Germination assets:
Above/below floor cleaning systems15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Steeping assets:
Above floor/below floor cleaning systems15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Spirit manufacturing:
Support assets:
Floor scales (platform scales)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Textile floor covering manufacturing:
Carpet manufacturing assets:
Accumulators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Beamers (including warpers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Creels20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Cutting tables15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
J Bins20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Lapping and mending frames15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Lapping trolleys15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Latex application assets17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2017
Offline mending tables15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Ovens20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Pre-coat assets (including direct coat applicators and steamers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Re-wind machines13 years15.38%7.69%1 Jul 2017
Roll-up machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Sample binding assets (including binders and sewing machines)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Sample cutting assets (including stamping presses)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Shearers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Stretchers (including pre-tenters)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Tufters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Assets used in common in iron smelting and steel manufacturing processes:
Coil cars (including hydraulic sliding floor plates)13 years15.38%7.69%1 Jul 2010
Blast furnace assets:
Cast house assets:
Cast house floor iron and slag runner systems, covers, and tilting spouts5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Hot strip mill assets:
Mill roll shop assets:
Floor plate or checker plate machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Walking beam furnace assets:
Furnaces (incorporating structure, charging machines with synchronising drive trains, refractories, walking beam floors, furnace hydraulic systems, and charge and discharge doors)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Rod, bar, structural and rail mill assets:
Walking beam, natural gas furnaces (incorporating structure, refractories, walking beam floors, furnace hydraulic systems, and charge and discharge doors)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:
Floor sweepers/scrubbers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Handling assets:
Conveyors:
Floor and in-floor conveyors (including belt conveyors, skid conveyors, skillet conveyors, slat conveyors, turntables etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Mobile hoists/floor cranes (including engine and radiator hoists)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Motor car engine assembly and manufacturing assets:
Handling assets:
Conveyors:
Floor and in-floor standalone conveyors (including belt conveyors, infeed and outfeed conveyors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Railway rolling stock manufacturing and repair services:
Assembly assets:
Lathes (including above floor and under floor wheel lathes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Maintenance and refurbishment assets:
Lathes (including above floor and under floor wheel lathes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Waste remediation and materials recovery services:
Materials recovery facility (MRF) assets:
Conveyors and conveyor systems:
Conveyors generally ((incorporating belt, drive, motors and supporting structure) including walking floor conveyors)9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jul 2014
CONSTRUCTION:
Concreting assets:
Concrete surface preparation assets (including floor grinders, planers and scarifiers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
RETAIL TRADE:
Floor coverings (removable without damage):
Carpet8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2005
Floating timber10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005
Linoleum10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005
Vinyl10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005
Motor vehicle tyre or tube retailing:
Floor jacks:
Used for car and light truck repairs3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Used for heavy vehicle repairs5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES:
Accommodation:
Housekeeping assets (including bins, buckets, floor signs and toilet brushes)1 years200.00%100.00%1 Jul 2005
Cafes, restaurants, takeaway food services, pubs, taverns, bars and clubs (hospitality):
Dance floor assets, freestanding (including wooden surface, fog and smoke machines, strobe lights and disco balls)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2005
Floor coverings, removable without damage:
Carpet5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2005
Rubber safety mats5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2005
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Courier pick-up and delivery services:
Inspection assets:
Scales:
Floor (platform)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Other warehousing and storage services:
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Floor sweepers/scrubbers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Motion picture and video activities:
Grips' assets:
Towers, rigging, and dance floors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Electronic information storage services:
Raised floors25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2017
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Concreting assets:
Concrete surface preparation assets (including floor grinders, planers and scarifers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Residential property operators:
Assets generally:
Air conditioning assets (excluding ducting, pipes and vents):
Mini split systems up to 20KW (including ceiling, floor and high wall split system)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2003
Floor coverings (removable without damage):
Carpet8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2019
Floating timber15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2004
Linoleum10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Vinyl10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Outdoor assets:
Floor carpet (including artificial grass and matting)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Scientific testing and analysis services:
Coal laboratory assets:
Sample preparation assets:
Drying ovens:
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:
Others (including floor size with trolleys)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES:
Building and other industrial cleaning services:
Polishing, carpet cleaning and floor stripping assets (including floor polishers, burnishers, rotary scrubbers, encapsulation machines and floor strippers):
Portable5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Ride-on5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Scrubbers, hard floor:
Portable5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Ride-on7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Steam cleaners for sanitising floor and surfaces5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Sweepers, hard floor:
Portable5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Ride-on7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Road sweeper trucks (including sweepers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Retirement village and accommodation for the aged operation:
Assistance and medical assets:
Hoists:
Mobile (floor, full, standing)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
Common area assets:
Carpets - see Table B Floor coverings (removable without damage)
Support assets:
Electronic mops and floor scrubbers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2019
Child care services:
Furniture used by children, freestanding:
Age specific (including cots, changing tables, floor sleeping mattresses, high and low feeding chairs, and stackable beds)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2020
Carpet mats (including rugs and floor mats/cushions)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2020
Support assets:
Floor coverings - see Table B Floor coverings (removable without damage)
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive repair and maintenance:
Automotive and heavy vehicle repair and maintenance assets:
Jacks:
Floor jacks:
Used for car and light truck repairs3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Used for heavy vehicle repairs5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle service and inspection lane assets:
Floor unit assets:
Axle and ball joint play testers or shakers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Roller brake testers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Shock absorber testers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Side slip testers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Speedometer tester10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Suspension play detectors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Other machinery and equipment repair and maintenance:
Agriculture, construction and mining heavy machinery and equipment repair and maintenance assets:
Workshop assets:
Boring machines (including floor borers, jib borers, horizontal and vertical boring machines)15 years13.33%6.67%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
Portable cranes generally (including engine cranes, engine hoists, floor cranes, mobile gantries, shop cranes etc)15 years13.33%6.67%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
Funeral, crematorium and cemetery services:
Mortuary assets:
Floor coverings - linoleum and vinyl (removable without damage)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2020
Photographic film processing:
Printing assets:
Laser cutters (incorporating laser printing):
Floor mounted7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2017
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Advertising signs:
Floor mounted internal advertising panels (used in airports and shopping centres etc)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Air-conditioning assets (excluding pipes, duct work and vents):
Mini split systems up to 20KW (including ceiling, floor and high wall split systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2003
Computers and computer equipment:
Raised floors25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2017
Concreting assets:
Concrete surface preparation assets (including floor grinders, planers and scarifers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Floor coverings (removable without damage):
Carpets (excluding fixed carpet tiles)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2016
Floating timber15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Linoleum and vinyl10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Plumbing fixtures and fittings (including wall and floor tiles) provided mainly for employees and/or children of employees of an entity carrying on a business for the purpose of producing assessable income:
Floor and wall tiles20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Generally (including basins, bidets, sinks, toilets, urinals etc)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Tapware (including taps, mixers and shower heads and assemblies)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Floor sweepers/scrubbers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011

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Source: TR 2022/1