ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Fruit and tree nut growing:
Coffee, olive and tree nut growing assets:
Pruning assets:
Chainsaws (Chain saws)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2007
Fruit growing assets:
Pruning assets:
Chainsaws (Chain saws)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Forestry and logging:
Logging plant:
Saws:
Mobile8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2001
Portable chain2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jan 2001
MINING:
Construction material mining:
Wire saws10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2003
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Boning room assets:
Saws:
Band saws10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Bone saws5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Breaking saws:
Circular electric3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2013
Circular hydraulic2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2013
Reciprocating electric5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Reciprocating pneumatic3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2013
Slaughter floor assets:
Saws:
Brisket saws5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Splitting saws5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Scribing saws3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2013
Poultry processing:
Deboning area assets:
Saws and pneumatic guns5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2017
Cured meat and smallgoods manufacturing:
Production assets generally for bacon, ham, meat emulsion products, smallgoods etc (including band saws, cookers, cutters, deboning machines, dicing machines, emulsifiers, filling machines, grinding machines, guillotines, injecting machines, massaging machines, meat pumps, microwave cooking tunnels, mixing machines, netting machines, pump grinders, sausage linkers, shredders, tumbling machines etc)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2016
Log sawmilling and timber dressing:
Saw milling equipment:
Dry or planner mill plant:
Generally (includes multi saw/trimmer, pack docker, planner/molder, resaw or optimiser docker, stress grader and tilt hoist)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Stackers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Tray sorters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Green mill plant:
Edger line plant (includes board edger and resaw)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Heating plant (includes storage bins/silos)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Kiln drying plant:
Generally (includes kiln trolleys/carriages, traverser and weights)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Timber drying kilns and reconditioners15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Main saw line plant (includes saws, chipper canter, board separator and cant turner)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Sorter and trimming line plant:
Generally (includes grade mark reader and multi trimmer)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Stackers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Vertical bin sorters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Log debarking plant (includes decks, carriages, hydraulic grabs and fixed cranes, butt reducer, debarker, kicker sorter and bins/pockets)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Log, lumber and waste transfer equipment15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Log yard equipment:
Fixed and mobile cranes12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2001
Mobile equipment (including log loaders with log grabs)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2001
Watering systems15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Miscellaneous plant:
Generally (includes air compressors, extraction systems and pollution and air monitoring equipment)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Moisture meters3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jan 2001
Saw and knife sharpening equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Walkways15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Waste processing equipment:
Bins - waste, chip and fuel15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Chippers, shakers/screens and hoggers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Plywood and veneer manufacturing:
Log yard assets (see Table A Log sawmilling and timber dressing (14110 to 14130), saw milling equipment)
Reconstituted wood product manufacturing:
Log yard assets (see Table A Log sawmilling and timber dressing (14110 to 14130), saw milling equipment)
Concrete product manufacturing:
Prefabricated concrete product manufacturing assets:
Shutter saws7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2013
Steel coil roll forming, slitting and blanking and sheet metal forming:
Steel coil roll forming assets:
Metal saws:
Band saws10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Rotary cut off saws10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Boiler, tank and other heavy gauge metal container manufacturing:
Sheet metal tanks manufacturing assets:
Band saws5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2012
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Assembly and body shop assets:
Power tools:
Others (including angle grinders, fastening tools, hand operated saws, rivet guns etc) - see Table B Power tools, hand tools
Sawing machines (including aluminium cutting saws, bandsaws and cold saws)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Railway rolling stock manufacturing and repair services:
Assembly assets:
Cutting assets (including plate profilers, profile cutters and saws)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Wooden furniture and upholstered seat manufacturing:
Tools:
Benchtop power tools (including biscuit/domino joiners, drill presses, jigsaws, laminate trimmers, mortisers, planners, routers, spindle sanders etc but excluding saws)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2022
Sawing machines:
Band saws8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2022
Circular saws8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2022
Mitre saws (drop saws)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2022
Panel saws8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2022
Table saws10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2022
CONSTRUCTION:
Concreting assets:
Brick and paving saws5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Concrete demolition saws3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Concrete wheeled saws6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2008
Power tools:
Chainsaws (Chain saws)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Saws, bench and mitre, portable7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2008
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Concreting assets:
Brick/paving saws5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2005
Concrete demolition saws3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2005
Concrete wheeled saws6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2005
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES:
Gardening services:
Arboriculture and gardening services:
Hand tools (including pruner, rake, hedge shears, loppers and tree saws)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jan 2004
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Hospitals:
Hospital assets:
Surgical instruments:
Powered instruments (including drills, saws, shavers, non-disposable instrument accessories and power sources)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2003
General practice medical services:
Medical plaster saws7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2020
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive repair and maintenance:
Automotive and heavy vehicle repair and maintenance assets:
Pipe and tube saws and cutters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Other machinery and equipment repair and maintenance:
Agriculture, construction and mining heavy machinery and equipment repair and maintenance assets:
Workshop assets:
Saws (including band saws and cold cut saws)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Photographic film processing:
Framing assets:
Mitre saws10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Concreting assets:
Brick and paving saws5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Concrete demolition saws3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Concrete wheeled saws6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2008
Power tools:
Chainsaws (Chain saws)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Saws, bench and mitre, portable7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2008

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Source: TR 2022/1