ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MANUFACTURING:
Clothing manufacturing:
Lights - portable5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2022
Printing:
Screen printing assets:
Ancillary assets:
Exposure lights5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2006
Printing support services:
Pre-press trade services assets:
Conventional flexographic plate making assets (including combination units, dryers, post exposure units, UV light exposure units and washout units)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2006
Industrial gas manufacturing:
Industrial gas distribution assets:
Cylinder preparation assets:
Cylinder inspection lights10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Plate mill assets:
Slab sizing systems (incorporating side guard measuring devices and stands, slab sizing unit supports, cameras and light banks)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Steel coil roll forming, slitting and blanking and sheet metal forming:
Steel coil roll forming assets:
Support assets:
Guard lights (incorporating red eye guard lights and stands)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2012
Aircraft manufacturing and repair services:
Borescope equipment:
Light source5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2020
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Electricity supply:
Electricity distribution:
Nightwatchman's lights15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Street lights15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
CONSTRUCTION:
Cranes (mobile):
Light and medium15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
RETAIL TRADE:
Motor vehicle tyre or tube retailing:
Floor jacks:
Used for car and light truck repairs3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle hoists:
Used for car and light truck repairs10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES:
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
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Road transport:
Motor vehicles and trailers:
Light commercial vehicles designed to carry a load of one tonne or greater and having a gross vehicle mass of 3.5 tonnes or less12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2005
Tramway and light rail passenger transport services:
Infrastructure assets:
Communication, computer and passenger support assets:
Automatic vehicle monitoring computer systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Automatic vehicle monitoring tram borne equipment (including transponders)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
CCTV systems4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2010
Control systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Hand-held passenger ticketing machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Passenger information displays10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Passenger ticketing machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Radio base stations, intercoms7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Electrification assets:
Lighting15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Overhead distribution lines (incorporating conductors, cross arms, feeders, insulators, inverters, fittings and poles)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Power transformers40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2010
Substations (incorporating switchgear and circuit breakers)40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2010
Signalling assets (including automatic points)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Track maintenance assets:
Truck mounted maintenance assets (including points cleaning, sweeping and welding machines)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Trackwork (incorporating track drainage):
Ballasted track25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2010
Curved track20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Embedded track30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Points (excluding automatic points) and crossings20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Track within depots40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2010
Tramway and light rail rolling stock:
Bogies30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Carriages, modules, saloons30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Pantographs15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
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):
Light haul (trackwork carrying <1 GMT per annum)50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2002
Water transport and support services:
Port assets:
Navigational aids:
Offshore beacons, channel markers and lead lights:
Floating buoys10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Piled structures20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2002
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Motion picture and video activities:
Lighting assets:
Portable lights10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Studio lights - fixed15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Radio broadcasting:
On air lights15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Traffic management assets:
Traffic management signs:
Traffic lights - mobile10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Residential property operators:
Assets generally:
Lights:
Fittings (excluding hardwired)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
Freestanding5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
Shades, removable5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
Bathroom assets:
Exhaust fans (including light/heating)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Fire control assets:
Emergency warning and intercommunication systems (EWIS):
Strobe lights12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2004
Outdoor assets:
Garden lights, solar5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2019
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Veterinary services:
Veterinarians' assets:
Surgery lights10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
Professional photographic services:
Lighting assets:
Light meters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Light shaping tools (including modelling glass protectors, reflectors and scrims, softboxes and umbrellas)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Support assets:
Light stands (including boom arms)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Hospitals:
Hospital assets:
Endoscopic surgery assets (excluding disposable accessories):
Endoscopic camera systems:
Beam splitters and light sources10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2003
Head lights7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2003
Operating theatre lights8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2003
General practice medical services:
Examination lights:
Desktop/trolley3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2020
Procedure7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2020
Dental services:
Dentists' assets:
Curing lights (halogen)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2003
Dental operating lights10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2003
Optometry and optical dispensing:
Optical assets:
Refraction units (including examination chair, instrument arms, table and light source)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
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
Transmission jacks:
Used for car and light truck repairs8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle hoists:
Used for car and light truck repairs10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Hairdressing and beauty services:
Beauty industry assets:
Electrical treatment assets:
Light therapy units (including intense pulse light (IPL) systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Fire control and alarm assets:
Emergency warning and intercommunication systems:
Strobe lights12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2004
Light fittings and freestanding lights (excluding hardwired light fittings)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Light shades (removable)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Motor vehicles and trailers:
Light commercial vehicles designed to carry a load of one tonne or greater and having a gross vehicle mass of 3.5 tonnes or less12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2005

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Source: TR 2022/1