ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Rail freight and passenger transport services:
Infrastructure assets:
Trackwork (incorporating rails, sleepers, ballast, permanent way/top 600, and integral bridges, culverts and tunnels):
Freight (trackwork used by vehicles with gross axle loads of 30 tonnes and below per vehicle):
Heavy haul (trackwork carrying >20 GMT per annum)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Light haul (trackwork carrying <1 GMT per annum)50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2002
Medium haul (trackwork carrying between 1 GMT and 20 GMT per annum)40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jan 2002

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Source: TR 2022/1