ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Grading and packing line assets used on farm:
Scales (excluding platform scales)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Fruit and tree nut growing:
Fruit growing assets:
General assets:
Elevating work platforms10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Harvesting assets:
Picking platforms10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Sheep farming:
Weigh bars, weigh indicators and weigh platforms10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Pig farming:
Weigh bars, weigh indicators and weigh platforms5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Other agriculture and fishing support services:
Pulse and seed processing assets:
Packaging assets:
Platform scales10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
MINING:
Oil and gas extraction:
Gas production assets:
Central production facility assets:
Offshore platforms:
Generally (including accommodation modules, flare structures, helidecks, jackets, primary steel work and topsides secondary steel work)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2002
Topsides tertiary steelwork (including handrails, ladders and stairs)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Oil production assets:
Central production facility assets (excluding FPSOs):
Generally (including offshore platforms)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2002
Petroleum exploration services:
Exploration assets used offshore:
Offshore drilling rigs (including blow out preventers, drilling fluid circulation systems, hoisting and rotary systems, platforms, rig powering and transmissions)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Boning room assets:
Rise and fall platforms15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Cold storage assets:
Load out bays (incorporating air tight truck pads and hydraulic platforms)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Slaughter floor assets:
Rise and fall platforms15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Cured meat and smallgoods manufacturing:
Ancillary assets:
Platforms and gantries15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
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:
Steelwork structures (including ladders, platforms and walkways)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Oil and fat manufacturing:
Packaging assets:
Platform scales - see Table B Platform scales
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing:
Pet food manufacturing assets:
Support assets:
Access platforms20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Spirit manufacturing:
Support assets:
Floor scales (platform scales)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Industrial gas manufacturing:
Support and other assets:
Platform scales20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing:
Salt manufacturing and refining assets:
Platform scales10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2022
Rigid and semi-rigid polymer product manufacturing:
Lifting platforms (including scissor lifts)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Glass and glass product manufacturing:
Container glass and flat (float) glass manufacturing assets:
Ancillary assets:
Steelwork structures (including gantries, platforms and walkways)40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2008
Glass product manufacturing assets:
Glass handling and storage assets:
Vertical masts and other elevating work platforms - see Table A Rental and hiring services (except real estate) (66110 to 66400), Elevating work platforms (EWPs)
Concrete product manufacturing:
Fibre cement building boards manufacturing assets:
Curing assets:
Trolley transfer platforms (including transversals)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel making assets:
Water treatment assets:
Cooling towers (incorporating fans, motors, access platforms and stairs)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Thickeners and clarifiers (incorporating tanks, rakes and access platforms)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Blast furnace assets:
Emissions control assets:
Uptakes, bleeders and platforms, downcomers, dust dumping, valves and hydraulics15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Furnace proper assets:
Furnace support assets (including maintenance platforms and control and switch rooms)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Water treatment assets:
Cooling towers (incorporating fans, motors, access platforms and stairs)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Thickeners and clarifiers (incorporating tanks, rakes and access platforms)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Coke making assets:
Water treatment assets:
Cooling towers (incorporating fans, motors, access platforms and stairs)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2009
Pellet making assets:
Dewatering assets:
Thickeners (incorporating tanks, rakes and access platforms)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Primary metal product casting assets:
Water treatment assets:
Cooling towers (incorporating fans, motors, access platforms and stairs)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Thickeners and clarifiers (incorporating tanks, rakes and access platforms)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Sinter making assets:
Water treatment assets:
Thickeners and clarifiers (incorporating tanks, rakes and access platforms)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2009
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Ancillary and support assets:
Vehicle platforms and runways (used in wheel alignment etc)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Handling assets:
Elevating work platforms - see Table A Rental and hiring services (except real estate) (66110 to 66400), Elevating work platforms (EWPs)
Metal stamping and blanking assets:
Ancillary assets (including building and services assets):
Steelwork structures (including access and storage platforms, bollards, ladders etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Steel coil and steel sheet handling assets:
Coil loaders (including hydraulic carts, lift tables and platforms)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Railway rolling stock manufacturing and repair services:
Assembly assets:
Access and assembly platforms15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Aircraft manufacturing and repair services:
Elevating work platforms:
Boom lifts15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2020
Personnel lifts10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
Scissor lifts10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
Maintenance work platforms20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2020
WHOLESALE TRADE:
Lifting and handling assets:
Elevating work platforms10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
RETAIL TRADE:
Supermarket and grocery stores:
Support and other assets:
Trolleys, stock type (including roll cages, platform trolleys, etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Courier pick-up and delivery services:
Inspection assets:
Scales:
Floor (platform)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Elevating work platforms (EWPs):
Boom lifts (including knuckle and telescopic boom lifts)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Personnel lifts10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Scissor lifts10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Ladders (including stepladders, work platforms extension ladders, trestles and planks):
Aluminium4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015
Fibreglass4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Surveying and mapping services:
Rail surveying assets:
Platform clearance gauges6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2015
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES:
Gardening services:
Arboriculture and gardening services:
Elevating work platforms15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2004
Packaging services:
Fruit and vegetables pack houses assets used off farm:
Scales (excluding platform scales)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Podiatry services:
Podiatrists' assets:
Gait analysis assets:
Computerised systems (incorporating in-shoe pressure analysis or platform based pressure mats, integrated hardware and integrated software)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2003
ARTS AND RECREATION SERVICES:
Health and fitness centres and gymnasia operation:
Health and fitness centre operation assets:
Support assets:
Platform scales5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2012
Horse training (racing):
Support assets:
Platform scales7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2021
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive repair and maintenance:
Automotive and heavy vehicle repair and maintenance assets:
Work platform ladders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Funeral, crematorium and cemetery services:
General assets:
Scales:
Platform scales - see Table B
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Advertising signs:
Billboard assets:
Billboard steel structures (incorporating electrical systems, footings, scaffolding and walking platforms and steel frame sign panels)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Wall mounted advertising panels (used in airports, rail concourses and platforms, shopping centres etc):
Digital LED advertising panels5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Static advertising panels10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Car park assets:
Automatic and semi-automatic parking systems (including platforms, stackers, turntables etc)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Platform scales15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014

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Source: TR 2022/1