ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MANUFACTURING:
Aircraft manufacturing and repair services:
Aircraft testing and measurement equipment:
Instrumentation, dynamometers and calibrating equipment (including testing equipment for engines, radios)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES:
Accommodation:
Guestroom assets:
Clocks and clock radios5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2005
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Tramway and light rail passenger transport services:
Infrastructure assets:
Communication, computer and passenger support assets:
Radio base stations, intercoms7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Rail freight and passenger transport services:
Monorail operation assets:
Infrastructure assets:
Communication, computer and passenger assets:
Phones, radio base stations, intercoms7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Water transport and support services:
Support assets (acquired separately from the vessel):
Navigational and communication assets acquired separately from the vessel (including autopilots, chart plotters, depth sounders, GPS, radar systems and marine radios)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2009
Scenic and sightseeing transport:
Monocable circulating detachable, reversible and fixed ropeway assets operated in non-snowfield areas:
Communications assets:
Radios5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2009
Other transport n.e.c.:
Monocable circulating fixed grip and detachable ropeway assets operated in snowfield areas (including double, triple and quad chair lifts, T-bar, poma and surface lifts):
Communication assets:
Radios and telephone systems5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2009
Other transport support services n.e.c.:
Electronic toll collection assets:
Digital measuring instruments (including vehicle classifiers (laser or infrared) and electronic toll collection readers (radio frequency))4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2005
Other warehousing and storage services:
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Radio frequency terminal assets:
Barcode readers/scanners5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Portable/handheld and vehicle mounted terminal devices4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Motion picture and video activities:
Sound recording assets:
Microphones:
Radio microphone systems (incorporating antennas, miniature microphones, receivers and transmitters)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Radio broadcasting:
Amplifiers and pre-amplifiers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Audio monitors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Audio processing assets (including rack mounted effects units etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Audio routers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Automation systems (including broadcast playout automation systems, content creation systems, music scheduling systems and traffic and billing automation systems)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2012
Consoles:
Broadcast consoles (incorporating audio logging and routing, intercommunication etc)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2012
Production consoles10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Control room assets generally:
Electronically based assets (including audio processors, audio switchers, aural studio to transmitter linkage assets, distribution amplifiers, monitor receivers etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Personal computer based assets (including delay units, logging units, program fail detectors, RDS generators etc)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2012
Digital audio players and recorders (including CD, DVD, mini disc, hard disc and solid state players and recorders)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2012
Headphones and headsets2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2012
Intercommunication systems (standalone)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Microphones:
Field and portable microphones5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2012
Studio based microphones (including recording microphones)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Microwave and satellite telecommunications assets - see Table A Telecommunications services (58010 to 58090)
Mobile production vehicles (excluding the assets contained within) - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
On air lights15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Racks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Servers, domain controllers, switches, transcoders etc6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2012
Studio based digital audio broadcasting infrastructure (encoding assets etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Telephone systems:
Telephone interface assets generally (used for sending and receiving audio to and from connected telephone lines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Telephone screening systems and other personal computer based telephone systems (excluding software)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2012
Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) based systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2012
Time code generators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Transmission assets:
Antennas20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Codecs10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Fibre optic terminal equipment generally10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Generators (backup)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Obstruction lighting15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Power conditioners15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
RF switching units15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Signal receiving and monitoring assets (including audio processors, decoders, modulation monitors, spectrum analysers etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Silence detection and switching units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Surge arresters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Translators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Transmission towers40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2012
Transmitters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) assets - see Table B Power supply assets
Television broadcasting:
Microphones:
Radio microphone systems (incorporating antennas, miniature microphones, receivers and transmitters)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2005
Internet publishing and broadcasting:
Internet only audio broadcasting assets - use any relevant determination in Table A Radio broadcasting (56100)
Telecommunications services:
Microwave radio telecommunications assets:
Antennas (incorporating wave guide, pressurisation unit, dehydrator and data cable):
High capacity licensed microwave radio10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Medium capacity licensed microwave radio8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2004
Low capacity licensed microwave radio5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
Microwave radio system (including modulator, demodulator, receiver, transmitter, monitoring/supervisory system, RF filter):
High capacity licensed microwave radio system ≥ 68Mb10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Medium capacity licensed microwave radio system ≥ 16Mb to <68Mb8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2004
Low capacity licensed microwave radio system < 16Mb5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
Class licence microwave radio system (including antenna)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2004
Multiplexers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Towers (including guyed, lattice and steel or concrete poles)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2004
Mobile telecommunications assets:
Base station assets:
Antennas, battery backup, radio transmitters/receivers and rectifiers6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2002
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Household assets:
Stereo systems (incorporating amplifiers, cassette players, CD players, radios and speakers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
Residential property operators:
Assets generally:
Radios10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Stereo systems (incorporating amplifiers, cassette players, CD players, radios and speakers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2004
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Surveying and mapping services:
GNSS/GPS survey equipment (including receivers, reference/base stations, rover receivers, data radios, antennas and integrated GNSS)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Pathology and diagnostic imaging services:
Radiologists' diagnostic imaging assets:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems (incorporating scanners, cooling systems, radio frequency coil accessories, integrated computer and integrated software)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2002
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Car park assets:
Security and monitoring assets:
Two-way radios - see Table B Two-way radios
Two-way radios:
Base stations6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2014
Mobile units6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2014
Portable units3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2014
Repeaters7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2014
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Radio frequency terminal assets:
Barcode readers/scanners5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Portable/handheld and vehicle mounted terminal devices4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011

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Source: TR 2022/1