ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MINING:
Railway infrastructure assets and rolling-stock - see Table A Rail freight and passenger transport services (47100 to 47200)
MANUFACTURING:
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Steel railway track product manufacturing assets:
Steel railway clip manufacturing assets:
Anti-corrosion dip tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Coil transfer arms (incorporating motors, gearboxes and drive shafts)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
End spades20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Gas temper furnaces20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Induction heaters20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Noise reduction enclosures30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Presses20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Quench systems (incorporating heat exchangers, transfer arms, tanks, pipes and pumps)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Shears20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Tooling15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Transfer systems (incorporating flat bed transfer table)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Quality control test rigs30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Materials handling assets:
Conveyor systems20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Hoppers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Racks for storage20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Weigh scales15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Water treatment assets:
Cooling towers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Pumps10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Steel railway sleeper manufacturing assets:
Crop shear and presses20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Form presses20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Punch presses20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Railway rolling stock manufacturing and repair services:
Assembly assets:
Access and assembly platforms15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Alignment assets (including gearbox alignment assets)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Bearing puller assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Blast chamber assets (incorporating shot recovery systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Cutting assets (including plate profilers, profile cutters and saws)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
De-coiling assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Drilling assets (including radial drills)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Foam filling station assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Furnaces and ovens (including ladles and stress relief ovens)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Jigs (including rollover jigs and lifting jigs)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Lathes (including above floor and under floor wheel lathes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Milling machines (including gantry)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Pipe and tube bending assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Presses (including bearing mounting, bench, brake, hydraulic power and wheel presses)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Riveting assets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2014
Specialised hydraulic tool assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Stretch formers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Sweeping assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Turning assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Wash bay assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Welding assets (including robot welders and spot welding towers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Wire cutting and stripping assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Handling assets:
Cranes (including overhead gantry cranes)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2014
Lifting assets generally (including hydraulic double lift jacks, locomotive jacks and stands)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Pallet lifters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Scissor lifts10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Maintenance and refurbishment assets:
Boring assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Cutting assets (including guillotines, plasma cutters and profilers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Detecting assets (including flaw detectors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Drilling assets (including radial drills)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Grinding and milling assets20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Hydraulic drop and work tables10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Lathes (including above floor and under floor wheel lathes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Paint spraying booths (incorporating baking ovens, extractor fans and gas heaters)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Portable presses (including hydraulic power presses)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Presses (including bearing mounting, bench, brake, hydraulic power and wheel presses)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Tanks (including washing and water tanks)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Vacuum assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Washing assets (including bearing and bogie washers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Welding assets (including robot welders and spot welding towers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Wheel condition monitoring systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2014
Support assets:
Cleaning assets (including high pressure cleaners)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2014
Compressed air system assets (including compressors, dryers and filters and receivers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Computer measuring and monitoring assets (including load and pressure indicators)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2014
Control system assets (including supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and vehicle preparation systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Cooling towers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Dust and fume extraction system assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Electricity supply assets - see Table A Electricity supply (26100 to 26400)
Fastening and riveting assets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2014
Fire prevention systems (incorporating fire protection systems and water tanks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Induction heaters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Portable train weighing assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Pumps (including hydraulic pumps)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Racking and storage assets20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Rail vehicle moving and placing assets (including crabs, shunting locomotives and trackmobiles)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Railway tracks - see Table A Rail freight and passenger transport services (47100 to 47200)
Refrigerant recovery assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Traversers and turntables20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Vehicle progression systems assets (including rabbits)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Waste water and effluent treatment assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Weighing assets for carriages and locomotives20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Testing assets:
Bogie, brake and spring testing assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Cab test benches and CRC cable testing assets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2014
Earth testing assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Electrical testing assets (including multimeters)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Post production testing assets (excluding weighing assets - see above in support assets):
Water test facility assets (incorporating control systems, gantries, pipes, pumps etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Other post production testing assets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2014
Test sheds for testing locomotives and other rolling stock30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2014
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Rail freight and passenger transport services:
Railway rolling stock:
Locomotives:
Generally (including diesel-electric and electric)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2002
Heavy haul (bulk minerals/coal)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Underground (diesel-battery)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Passenger:
Electric/diesel power cars and trailers30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Locomotive hauled carriages (including baggage vans, diners, mail vans, sit-up cars, and sleepers)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Power vans15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Rail mounted track infrastructure assets:
Generally (including ballast wagons/cleaners/regulators, rail grinders, sleeper laying machines and track recorders)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Mainline and switch tampers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Wagons - bulk freight:
Mineral ores and coal:
Carbon steel20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Ferritic steel30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Other:
Coke quenchers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Grain hoppers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Limestone20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Pneumatic discharge - cement20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Used on tram lines40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jan 2001
Tank cars20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Wagons - non bulk freight (including all wagons used for general and inter-modal freight)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
ARTS AND RECREATION SERVICES:
Amusement parks and centres operation and amusement and other recreational activities n.e.c.:
Amusement machines and equipment:
Rides and devices (fixed or mobile):
Trains, tracked or trackless (including tractor trains and miniature railways)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2002

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Source: TR 2022/1