ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Nursery and floriculture production:
Environmental control assets:
Instruments (including sensors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2006
Mushroom growing:
Air handling systems (incorporating cooling coils, filter blowers, mixing boxes, environment sensors and air ducting)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Dairy cattle farming:
Milking and milk handling assets:
Milk meters and recording jars (including conductivity sensors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Poultry farming for breeding, eggs and meat:
Animal housing environmental control assets:
Sensors4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jan 2007
Aquaculture:
Instruments (including sensors and water quality meters)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2007
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Cold storage assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic opening doors (incorporating controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2013
Support assets:
Control systems assets:
Instruments and sensors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Other food product manufacturing n.e.c.:
Peanut processing assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for rapid roller doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Tea processing assets:
Withering troughs (incorporating controls and sensors)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2012
Pulp, paper and converted paper product manufacturing:
Pulp and paper mill assets:
Electrical and instrumentation assets:
Sensors:
Specialised8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2002
Standard15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Sanitary paper product manufacturing:
Support assets:
Control system and monitoring assets (including programmable logic controllers (PLCs), variable speed drives (VSDs), instruments and sensors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Industrial gas manufacturing:
Support and other assets:
Control system assets:
System monitoring assets (including instrumentation and sensors and transmitters for level, pressure, speed and temperature measurement)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Customer installations assets:
Gas supply metering, monitoring and control systems (incorporating meters, telemetry assets, sensors, transmitters and supply switching devices)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Support and other assets:
Control system assets:
System monitoring assets (including instrumentation and sensors and transmitters for level, pressure, speed and temperature measurement)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing:
Ammonia manufacturing assets:
Support assets:
Control system assets:
System monitoring assets (including instrumentation and sensors and transmitters for level, pressure, speed and temperature measurement)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Rigid and semi-rigid polymer product manufacturing:
Control system assets - see Table B Control systems and control system assets (including control cabinets and panels, instruments, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), sensors, switchgear telemetry and variable speed drives (VSDs))
Cement manufacturing:
Support assets:
Control systems (process and safety control systems incorporating PLCs, cabling, monitors, sensors and switchgear, but excluding software)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Concrete product manufacturing:
Prefabricated concrete product manufacturing assets:
Automated panel manufacturing assets:
Pallet transport systems:
Pallet drive mechanisms (incorporating drive units, motors, sensors and wheels)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Assets used in common in iron smelting and steel manufacturing processes:
Control systems assets:
Instruments (including temperature probes, control panels, gas analysers, location sensors, carbon monoxide monitors, pressure controls, temperature controls, pyrometers, strip position sensors, gamma ray detectors, hot metal detectors, x-ray gauges, width gauges, thickness gauges)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Ancillary and support assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for rapid roller doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Trim and final shop assets:
Wheel alignment assets:
Wheel alignment systems (incorporating alignment machines housing computer hardware and software, probes and sensors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Motor car engine assembly and manufacturing assets:
Waste treatment assets:
Meters and sensors (including chart recorders, dosing meters, level meters, level sensors and pH method meters and sensors etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Water supply:
Assets used in water supply:
Water supply control systems assets:
Air scour flow meters, level sensors, transmitters and meters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2005
Pressure sensors, transmitters and meters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2005
Sewerage and drainage services:
Sewerage control systems assets:
Dissolved oxygen probes, level sensors, transmitters and meters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2005
Waste remediation and materials recovery services:
Materials recovery facility (MRF) assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic opening doors (incorporating controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
RETAIL TRADE:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic sliding doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2005
Fuel retailing:
Convenience store assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic opening doors (incorporating controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES:
Accommodation:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic sliding doors and revolving doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Airport operations and other air transport support services:
Airport assets:
Navigation aids:
Radar sensors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2003
Other warehousing and storage services:
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Door controls and motor drive systems (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors):
External20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Internal10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Residential property operators:
Fire control assets:
Stair pressurisation assets:
Sensors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Security and monitoring assets:
Security systems:
Detectors (including passive infrared, photo sensors and vibration)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2004
Non-residential property operators:
Commercial office building assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic sliding doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2005
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Specialist medical services n.e.c.:
Thoracic physicians' assets:
Body plethysmographs (incorporating flow sensors, gas analysers, integrated software and integrated computers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
Lung function analysis exercise systems (incorporating flow sensors, treadmills or ergometers, ECGs, pulse oximeters, integrated software and integrated computers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
Lung function analysis systems (incorporating flow sensors, gas analysers, integrated software and integrated computers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
Sleep laboratory systems (incorporating amplifiers, sensors, integrated CPAP monitors, integrated carbon dioxide (C02) monitors, integrated pulse oximeters, integrated computers and integrated software)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
Dental services:
Dentists' assets:
Dental x-ray assets:
Digital x-ray systems (including intra-oral storage phosphor plate systems and intra-oral digital sensor systems)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
Retirement village and accommodation for the aged operation:
Assistance and medical assets:
Sensor beams and sensor mats3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2019
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive body, paint and interior repair n.e.c.:
Car wash and detailing assets:
Automatic car wash assets (including rollover and tunnel washes):
Car conveyor system assets (incorporating correlators, sensors, tracks and rails)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Support assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for rapid roller doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Control systems and control system assets (including control cabinets and panels, instruments, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), sensors, switchgear telemetry and variable speed drives VSDs))10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic sliding doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2005
Fire control and alarm assets:
Stair pressurisation assets:
Sensors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Door controls and motor drive systems (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors):
External20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Internal10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011

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Source: TR 2022/1