ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MANUFACTURING:
Printing:
Digital printing assets (including flatbed digital printers, ink based thermal imaging printers, ink jet printers, spray jet digital printers and toner based printers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Flexographic printing assets:
Ancillary assets:
Anilox roll cleaning machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2006
Anilox trolley tugs10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2006
Ink dispensing systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2006
Sleeve mounting machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2006
Sleeves2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2006
Printing assets:
Die cutters, flexo/folder/gluers (see Table A Pulp, paper and converted paper product manufacturing (15100, 15210, 15220 and 15290), box and carton making assets)
Presses (including mid web, narrow web, very wide web and wide web flexographic presses)12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jul 2006
Newspaper printing assets:
Ancillary assets:
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) (including laser guided vehicles and track mounted automated vehicles)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Gripper conveyor systems (incorporating drive chains, grippers and tracks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Ink pumps (mechanical)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2007
Buffering/print line storage assets:
Storage devices (including discs, rolls, spools and associated mountings)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Unwinders and winders (including single, double and triple stations and buffer docking stations)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Newspaper wrapping machines - see Table A Other store-based retailing (42110 to 42799)
Offset lithography printing presses:
Hybrid heatset and non-heatset webfed offset presses (incorporating integrated control systems, dryers and other peripheral equipment)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Non-heatset (coldset) webfed offset presses (incorporating integrated control systems, folders, pasters, reelstands and other peripheral equipment)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Reel processing, storage and transport assets:
Conveyors12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jan 2007
Racks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Reel trolleys (incorporating controls and drive chains)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Shredders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Stripping machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Offset lithography printing presses used in commercial printing generally:
Heatset webfed offset presses (incorporating integrated control systems, coaters and other peripheral equipment)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Sheetfed presses (incorporating integrated control systems, coaters and other peripheral equipment)12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jan 2006
Post-press (finishing) trade services assets - see Table A Printing support services (16120)
Pre-press trade services assets - see Table A Printing support services (16120)
Quality control assets:
Automatic web inspection systems6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2006
Gas Chromatograph (GC) testers8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2006
Others (including densitometers, plate readers and spectrophotometers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2006
Screen printing assets:
Ancillary assets:
Dryers (including conventional air dryers, flash curers and UV dryers)12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jan 2006
Drying racks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2006
Emulsion coaters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Exposure lights5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2006
Screen frames10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Sign cutting machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Squeegee cutters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Vacuum frames20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2006
Press assets:
Heat presses used in sublimation finishing25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2006
Pen and pad print machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2006
Screen printing presses:
Automatic presses (including in-line multicolour presses)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Cylinder presses15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Others (including manual, semi-automatic and three quarter automatic carousel, flatbed and rotary screen printing presses)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2006
Screen reclamation assets:
Screen cleaning bays10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Screen washers (automatic)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2006
Water blasters4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jan 2006
Support assets:
Afterburners10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Dust/waste extraction systems:
Compactors12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jan 2007
Ducting15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Vacuum pumps6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2007
Printing support services:
Post-press (finishing) trade services assets:
Addressing and mailing assets:
Combination addressing, folding and gluing mailing units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Inkjet addressing printers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Bagging and wrapping machines (including palletisers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Banding and tying machines12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jan 2006
Benchtop finishing assets used in small printing establishments (including benchtop guillotines, coil, plastic comb and spiral binders, portable banding and tying machines, small roll laminators and tabletop folders)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Binding assets:
Binding lines (including case binding lines and perfect binding lines)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Perfect binders - standalone10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Stitchers:
Generally (including drum stitchers, saddle stitching lines and side stitchers)12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jan 2006
Saddle stitchers - standalone (bookletmakers)7 ½ years26.67%13.33%1 Jan 2006
Casemakers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Collators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Die cutters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Drilling units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Foil stamping machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Folders12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jan 2006
Guillotines and ancillary assets (including joggers, stackers and transomats)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Laminators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Mail inserters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Newspaper mailroom assets:
Bundle conveying and sorting systems (including bundle sorting and barcode reading stations and bundle conveyors)12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jan 2007
Inserters and inserting systems (incorporating feeders and feeder chains)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Stackers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Trimmers (including rotary and scissor action trimmers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Perforators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Sewing machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Three knife trimmers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
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
Film and plate processors6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2006
Film projection camera systems (including backing board and processing assets)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Platesetters:
Computer-to-plate (CtP) platesetters (including thermal and visible-light platesetters) and Direct-to-plate flexographic platesetters (Computer digital imagers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Film image platesetters (imagesetters)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2006
Plate punch benders:
Automatic (optical)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2007
Manual10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Plotters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Proofers:
Analogue film or photographic proofers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2006
Digital and ink-jet proofers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Scanners:
Drum10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Flatbed5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Polymer film and sheet packaging material manufacturing:
Printing assets - see Table A Printing (16110)
Glass and glass product manufacturing:
Glass product manufacturing assets:
Digital printing assets:
Digital printers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2009
Dryers12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jul 2009
Screen printing assets - see Table A Printing (16110)
RETAIL TRADE:
Supermarket and grocery stores:
Support and other assets:
Label printing scales8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2020
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Motion picture and video activities:
Motion picture film processing assets:
Film printing machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
OTHER SERVICES:
Photographic film processing:
Printing assets:
Colour matching booths10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Digital minilabs:
Dry:
Commercial5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2017
Compact3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2017
Wet10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Digital presses5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2017
Film processers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Heat presses:
Automatic, manual, mug and multipurpose4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2017
Large format flatbed6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2017
ID card printers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Kiosks5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2017
Large format flatbed digital printers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2017
Laser cutters (incorporating laser printing):
Desktop3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2017
Floor mounted7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2017
Photo calibration monitors8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2017
Photo scanners (including photo and film scanners)9 years22.22%11.11%1 Jul 2017
Roll to roll printers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Textile printers (including direct to fabric printers and direct to garment printers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2017
Wide format printers:
Dye sublimation (including desktop)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2017
Solvent4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2017
Specialist photo6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2017

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Source: TR 2022/1