ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MINING:
Mineral sand mining:
Classification and gravity separation assets (including centrifuges, cones, cyclones, screw classifiers, spirals and tables)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2003
Construction material mining:
Conveyors:
Screw take-up15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2003
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Boning room assets:
Transfer belt and screw conveyors (incorporating belt, drive motors and supporting structure)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Rendering plant:
Screw and bucket elevators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Screw presses/expeller presses13 years15.38%7.69%1 Jan 2001
Slaughter floor assets:
Waste screw conveyors (incorporating drives, motors and supporting structure)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Oil and fat manufacturing:
Edible oil or fat, blended, modified, refined or solvent extracted manufacturing assets (including canola, safflower, soybean):
Preparatory and extraction assets:
Preparatory and mechanical extraction assets:
Extruders (including screw presses)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Linseed or flaxseed and other edible, non-modified, refined or solvent extracted oil processing assets (including chai, hemp, acacia and excluding olive oil):
Preparatory and extraction assets:
Extruders (including expellers and screw presses)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Grain mill product manufacturing:
Flour milling assets:
Product and raw material handling and receiving assets:
Conveyors (including belt, chain, drag, screw)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Cereal and pasta product manufacturing:
Product and raw material receiving and handling assets:
Conveyors (including belt, bucket, roller and screw conveyors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Bakery product manufacturing:
Baking assets used by large-scale manufacturers of biscuits, bread, cakes, pastries and pies:
Bread crumb assets (including baggers, debaggers, hammer mills, ovens, screw conveyors and sifters)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing:
Pet food manufacturing assets:
Raw material receiving, storage and handling assets:
Conveyors (including belt, chain, drag, screw and walking beam conveyors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Screw and weigh belt feeders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing assets generally:
Batching, grinding and mixing assets:
Mixers (including paddle, premix and ribbon screw)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Raw material receiving, storage and handling assets:
Conveyors (including belt, drag, grain and screw conveyors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Other food product manufacturing n.e.c.:
Peanut processing assets:
Peanut oil crushing assets:
Screw presses/expeller presses13 years15.38%7.69%1 Jul 2009
Wine and other alcoholic beverage manufacturing:
Grape handling assets:
Presses:
Continuous (screw)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Plywood and veneer manufacturing:
Materials handling assets (including belt, chain and screw conveyors)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
Reconstituted wood product manufacturing:
Materials handling assets (including belt, chain and screw conveyors)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Feedstock handling and storage assets:
Grain assets:
Conveyors (including belt, drag and screw conveyors, bucket and rake elevators and chutes)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Polymer film and sheet packaging material manufacturing:
Extrusion assets:
Extruders and co-extruders (incorporating barrels, screws, towers and treatment units, but excluding dies)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Cement manufacturing:
Storage, handling and packing assets:
Conveyor systems (mechanical and pneumatic types incorporating structures, moving media, gearboxes, motors, fans, feeders, flowgates, feed valves and weighers):
Mechanical:
Belt, screw, drag chain, apron/pan conveyors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Plaster product manufacturing:
Plasterboard and cornice manufacturing assets:
General:
Conveyors (including belt conveyors, belt stacker conveyors, bucket elevators and screw conveyors)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Concrete product manufacturing:
Concrete roof tile manufacturing assets:
Air compressors (rotary screw)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Fibre cement building boards manufacturing assets:
General assets:
Air compressors (rotary screw)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Hot strip mill assets:
Finishing mill assets:
Finishing mills (incorporating mill stands, side guides, strippers, screw downs, drive shafts, pinion boxes, main drive motors, transformers, loopers, grease systems, oil circulation systems, and hydraulic systems)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Plate mill assets:
Hot levellers (incorporating motors, gearboxes, spindles, rolls, leveller AGC capsules, screws, crowning device, de-scaling header and valves)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Reversing finishing mill (incorporating housing, side guides and covers, guards, motors, drives, spindles, water sprays, gearboxes, screw down, spindles, AGC capsules, hydraulics, mill de-scaling, filler plates, and oil systems within the mill)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Reversing roughing mill (incorporating housing, side guides and covers, guards, motors, drives, spindles, water sprays, gearboxes, screw down, spindles, AGC capsules, hydraulics, mill de-scaling, filler plates, and oil systems within the mill)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Primary metal product casting assets:
Materials handling assets:
Screw feeders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Aircraft manufacturing and repair services:
Air compression assets:
Portable:
Rotary screw10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
Hand tools, manual (including screw drivers, spanners, wrenches)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Sewerage and drainage services:
Sewage treatment assets:
Sludge processing assets:
Sludge dewatering assets:
Screw conveyors25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Screw presses20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2005
CONSTRUCTION:
Air compressors:
Compressors - rotary screw10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
RETAIL TRADE:
Motor vehicle tyre or tube retailing:
Compressed air assets:
Air compressors:
Rotary screw10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Air Compressors:
Compressors - rotary screw10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005
Residential property operators:
Assets generally:
Air conditioning assets (excluding ducting, pipes and vents):
Chillers:
Volumetrics (including reciprocating, rotary, screw, scroll):
Air-cooled15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2003
Water-cooled20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2003
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive repair and maintenance:
Automotive and heavy vehicle repair and maintenance assets:
Compressed air assets:
Air compressors:
Rotary screw10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Automotive body, paint and interior repair n.e.c.:
Car wash and detailing assets:
Support assets:
Plant room assets:
Air compressors
Compressors - screw10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Air compression assets:
Air compressors (portable):
Compressors - rotary screw10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Air-conditioning assets (excluding pipes, duct work and vents):
Chillers:
Volumetrics (including reciprocating, rotary, screw, scroll):
Air-cooled15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2003
Water-cooled20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2003

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Source: TR 2022/1