ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MANUFACTURING:
Other food product manufacturing n.e.c.:
Tea processing assets:
Materials handling assets (including augers, belt conveyors, bucket elevators, vibratory conveyors, structures, gearboxes and motors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Ceramic product manufacturing:
Clay brick and paver manufacturing assets:
Kiln/dryer car cable hauler system assets (incorporating cable, gearbox, pulling wheels and motors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Cement manufacturing:
Milling assets (used for raw material and cement milling including gearbox and drives):
Ball mills (including dryer systems and separators/classifiers where incorporated in the mill)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Hammer mills (including dryer systems and separators/classifiers where incorporated in the mill)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Roller mills (vertical) (including dryer systems and separators/classifiers where incorporated in the mill)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Roller presses20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Separators/classifiers (including single and multi cyclones)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Storage, handling and packing assets:
Conveyor systems (mechanical and pneumatic types incorporating structures, moving media, gearboxes, motors, fans, feeders, flowgates, feed valves and weighers):
Mechanical:
Belt, screw, drag chain, apron/pan conveyors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Bucket elevators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Pneumatic:
Air lift elevators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Air slides15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Concrete product manufacturing:
Fibre cement building boards manufacturing assets:
Curing assets:
Trolley chain hauling systems (incorporating chains, gearboxes, motors and tappets)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Assets used in common in iron smelting and steel manufacturing processes:
Roller tables (incorporating gearboxes, motors, drives, rolls, table frames, aprons, side guards and foundations)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel making assets:
BOS vessels (incorporating motors, gearboxes, bull gear, vessel, torsion bar, lube pumps, pulse generators, tacho generators, brakes, limit switches, pressure switches and support structures)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Desulphurising lances (incorporating masts, winch control boxes, hydraulic cylinders carriage system, motors, gearboxes, brake lance carriages, lance guides, lances and switches)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Flux making assets:
Lime kiln discharge conveyors (incorporating structures, belts, pulleys, motors and gearboxes)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Lime kilns (incorporating rollers, tyres, support structures, drives, motors and gearboxes)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2010
Liquid oxygen lances (incorporating carriage system, motors, gearboxes, brake lance carriages, lance guides, lances and switches)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Materials handling assets:
Conveyor systems (incorporating structures, belts, gearboxes and motors)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Sub or sampling lances (incorporating motors, drives, gearboxes, limit switches, over speed switches, drums, cables and slow motors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Blast furnace assets:
Materials handling assets:
Furnace charging conveyor systems (incorporating structures, belts, gearboxes and motors)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Coke making assets:
Emissions control assets:
Waste gas cleaning and dedusting assets:
Dedusting fans (including extraction dusting incorporating gearboxes and drives)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Dust collection systems, dust drop out boxes and dust disposal rotary valves (incorporating motors and gearboxes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Materials handling assets:
Conveyor systems (incorporating structures, belts, gearboxes and motors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Hot strip mill assets:
Reversing roughing mill assets:
Vertical edgers (incorporating drive motors, gearboxes and edger adjustments)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Pellet making assets:
Induration assets:
Travelling grates (incorporating motors, gearboxes or drives and rollers)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Materials handling assets:
Conveyor systems (incorporating structures, belts, gearboxes and motors):
Conveyors to and from balling drums20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Filter cake conveyors20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Finished pellet conveyor20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Plate mill assets:
Cold levellers (incorporating motor, gearbox spindles, hydraulic traverse cylinders, fill-in table rolls, motor, gearbox, rolls and catenaries)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Hot levellers (incorporating motors, gearboxes, spindles, rolls, leveller AGC capsules, screws, crowning device, de-scaling header and valves)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Reversing finishing mill (incorporating housing, side guides and covers, guards, motors, drives, spindles, water sprays, gearboxes, screw down, spindles, AGC capsules, hydraulics, mill de-scaling, filler plates, and oil systems within the mill)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Reversing roughing mill (incorporating housing, side guides and covers, guards, motors, drives, spindles, water sprays, gearboxes, screw down, spindles, AGC capsules, hydraulics, mill de-scaling, filler plates, and oil systems within the mill)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Primary metal product casting assets:
Continuous casting machines (incorporating turrets, tundishes (incorporating lids and cassettes), tundish cars, moulds, dummy bars, segments, oscillators, rolls, water sprays, hydraulics, motors and gearboxes):
Billet casters17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2010
Combination casters17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2010
Slab casters17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2010
Cooler transfer arms (incorporating motors, gearboxes and drive shafts)17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2010
Emissions control assets:
Dedusting fans (including extraction dusting incorporating gearboxes and drives)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Materials handling assets:
Conveyor systems (including structures, belts, gearboxes and motors)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Rod, bar, structural and rail mill assets:
Finishing mills (incorporating motors, gearboxes, drives, guides and cassettes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Intermediate mills (incorporating motors, gearboxes, drives, guides and cassettes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Reversing roughing mills (incorporating motors, gearboxes, drives, guides and cassettes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Roughing mills (incorporating motors, gearboxes, drives, guides and cassettes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Sinter making assets:
Materials handling assets:
Conveyor systems (incorporating structures, belts, gearboxes and motors)17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2009
Strand assets:
Spike roll crushers (incorporating bogey flex, electric motors, primary gearboxes, fluid couplings, grillage bars and crash decks)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Steel railway track product manufacturing assets:
Steel railway clip manufacturing assets:
Coil transfer arms (incorporating motors, gearboxes and drive shafts)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Steel strip metallic coating assets:
Levellers (incorporating gearboxes and drives)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Steering rolls and bridles (incorporating motors, gearboxes and rolls)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Steel coil roll forming, slitting and blanking and sheet metal forming:
Steel coil blanking or shear line assets:
De-coilers/un-coilers (incorporating drives, motors, mandrels, gearboxes, snubbers and brakes)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Steel coil roll forming assets:
De-coilers/un-coilers (incorporating drives, motors, mandrels, gearboxes, snubbers and brakes)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Roll formers (incorporating entry guides, fixed and height adjustable pinch rollers, drive motor and gearboxes, base and power supply unit):
Fixed15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Mobile10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Snubbers (incorporating drives, motors and gearboxes)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Support assets:
Conveyors:
Motorised conveyors (incorporating gearboxes, belts, rollers, bearings, motors, frames and controls)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Steel coil slitting assets:
Conveyors:
Motorised conveyors (incorporating gearboxes, belts, rollers, bearings, motors, frames and controls)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
De-coilers/un-coilers (incorporating drives, motors, mandrels, gearboxes, snubbers and brakes)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Re-coilers (incorporating drives, motors, mandrels, gearboxes, snubbers, and brakes)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Scrap chopper conveyors (incorporating gearboxes, belts, rollers, bearings, motors, frames and controls)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Slitting heads (incorporating electric motors, gearboxes and drive shafts)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Tension units (incorporating entry and exit quadrants, rolls, separators, drag pads, motors, gearboxes and drives)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Railway rolling stock manufacturing and repair services:
Assembly assets:
Alignment assets (including gearbox alignment assets)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Waste remediation and materials recovery services:
Materials recovery facility (MRF) assets:
Feed hoppers (incorporating steel drag chain, conveyor belt, metering feed roller, motor and gearbox)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2014
Trommels (incorporating wheels, motors and gearboxes):
Fixed7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2014
Portable7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2014
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Airport operations and other air transport support services:
Airport assets:
Baggage handling assets:
Baggage outbound conveyor systems (incorporating belts, diverters, gearboxes, motors, ploughs, rollers, structures and tag readers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2003
Baggage reclaim conveyor systems (incorporating belts, gearboxes, motors, rollers and structures)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2003
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Telecommunications services:
Satellite communication assets:
Satellite antennas:
Tracking antenna systems (incorporating antenna tracking motors, controllers, data cables, dehydrators, gearboxes, pressurisation units and wave guides)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005

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Source: TR 2022/1