ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Grading and packing line assets used on farm:
Coffee assets:
Washers/separators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Poultry hatcheries:
Separators - chick and egg20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Pig farming:
Effluent separators/effluent fan extractors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
MINING:
Mineral dressing assets:
Classification, gravity separation and dewatering assets:
Hydraulic classifiers and teetered bed separators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2003
Pneumatic tables and air separators25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2003
Coal mining:
Coal preparation assets:
Magnetic separators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2003
Oil and gas extraction:
Gas production assets:
Coal seam gas extraction assets:
Well assets:
Wellpad surface assets (including christmas trees, separators and telemetry equipment)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Iron ore mining:
Mineral dressing assets:
Magnetic separation assets:
LIMS (low intensity magnetic separators)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2006
WHIMS (wet high intensity magnetic separators)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2006
Mineral sand mining:
Electrostatic separation assets (including curve plates, electrostatic roll separators, high tension roll separators and screen plates)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2003
Magnetic separation assets (including belt and drum separators, electromagnetic separators, induced roll and rare earth magnetic separators and wet high intensity magnets)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2003
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Rendering plant:
Separators/polishers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2001
Poultry processing:
Evisceration equipment:
Croppers, feet removers, giblet processors, head removers, heart lung harvesters, heart lung separators, openers, vent cutters etc)11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2017
Dairy product manufacturing:
Assets commonly used for product manufacturing and processing:
Separators, decanters, clarifiers and bactofuges15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Oil and fat manufacturing:
Edible oil or fat, blended, modified, refined or solvent extracted manufacturing assets (including canola, safflower, soybean):
Preparatory and extraction assets:
Solvent extraction system assets:
Solvent water separation system assets (incorporating condensers, solvent water separators, steam ejectors and solvent receivers)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2012
Measuring and monitoring assets:
Laboratory assets:
Vacuum separators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Support assets:
Centrifuges, decanters and separators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Grain mill product manufacturing:
Flour milling assets:
Grain cleaning, milling and refining assets:
Gravity tables or separators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Intake separators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Rice milling assets:
Grain cleaning, milling and refining assets:
Intake separators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Paddy separators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Other food product manufacturing n.e.c.:
Coffee processing assets:
De-stoners, gravity separators and magnetic separators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Extraction and evaporation assets (including decanters, evaporators/finishers, flash vessels/stripping columns, pressure vessels/cells, separators/clarifiers, spray driers, strainers and wet scrubbers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Frozen pre-prepared food manufacturing assets (including frozen appetisers and finger foods such as dim sims and spring rolls, frozen french fries/potato chips, frozen pizzas and frozen pre-prepared meals):
Ancillary and support assets:
Waste water treatment assets:
Sludge dewatering assets (including filters, separators etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Peanut processing assets:
Cleaning assets:
De-stoners and gravity separators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Quality control assets:
Magnets and magnetic separators7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2009
Beer manufacturing (except non-alcoholic beer):
Malt handling and cleaning assets:
Grain cleaning assets (including screeners, destoners and magnetic separators)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2008
Wool scouring:
Wool and fleece scouring and carbonising assets:
Grease separators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Log sawmilling and timber dressing:
Saw milling equipment:
Green mill plant:
Main saw line plant (includes saws, chipper canter, board separator and cant turner)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Reconstituted wood product manufacturing:
Magnetic separators25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Petroleum refining:
Oil refinery assets:
Effluent separators (concrete)40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jan 2001
Industrial gas manufacturing:
Industrial gas - manufacturing assets for specific gases:
Argon, nitrogen and oxygen manufacturing assets (cryogenic process):
Cold boxes (incorporating distillation columns, expansion valves, heat exchangers, piping, separators and vacuum insulated enclosures)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Nitrogen liquefiers (incorporating, expansion valves, heat exchangers, piping, separators and vacuum insulated enclosures)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Carbon dioxide (C02) manufacturing assets:
Liquefaction assets (including condensers, condensate receivers and separators)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Helium manufacturing assets:
Helium liquefiers (incorporating cryogenic adsorbers, expansion valves, heat exchangers, piping, separators and vacuum insulated enclosures)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Feedstock handling and storage assets:
Grain assets:
Cleaning assets (including magnetic separators, screeners and sieves)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Fermentation assets:
Yeast recovery assets (molasses feedstock):
Centrifugal separators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing:
Ammonia manufacturing assets:
Air and gas reforming and separation assets:
Cryogenic separation process assets:
Cold boxes (incorporating cryogenic distillation columns, expansion valves, heat exchangers, piping, separators and vacuum insulated enclosures)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Conversion and liquefaction assets:
Chillers, condensers, flash drums, receivers and separators25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2013
Ammonium nitrate manufacturing assets:
Ammonia nitrate solution manufacturing assets:
Evaporation assets:
Condensate tanks, flash drums and separators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Cement manufacturing:
Milling assets (used for raw material and cement milling including gearbox and drives):
Ball mills (including dryer systems and separators/classifiers where incorporated in the mill)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Hammer mills (including dryer systems and separators/classifiers where incorporated in the mill)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Roller mills (vertical) (including dryer systems and separators/classifiers where incorporated in the mill)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Separators/classifiers (including single and multi cyclones)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel making assets:
Grinders (incorporating motors, drive pullies and belts, drive shafts, roller crusher units and whizzer separators)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Steel coil roll forming, slitting and blanking and sheet metal forming:
Steel coil slitting assets:
Exit feed up units (incorporating deflector and lift rolls, shears, separators, tables and traverse drives)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Separator blades10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Tension units (incorporating entry and exit quadrants, rolls, separators, drag pads, motors, gearboxes and drives)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Ancillary and support assets:
Waste water treatment assets:
Separators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Motor car engine assembly and manufacturing assets:
Ancillary and support assets:
Swarf and machining line coolant separation and refrigeration systems (incorporating coolant circulation pumps and tanks, outfeed extractors, refrigeration chiller packs, separators and swarf tote excavators)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Waste remediation and materials recovery services:
Materials recovery facility (MRF) assets:
Ballistic separators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Eddy current separators7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2014
Ferrous and magnetic separators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Screen separators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Vibrating screen separators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
WHOLESALE TRADE:
Petroleum product wholesaling:
Bulk fuel terminal assets (excluding LPG assets):
Effluent treatment systems (incorporating air pump, pipes, separator and tank)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
RETAIL TRADE:
Fuel retailing:
Gasoline and diesoline assets:
Effluent treatment systems (incorporating motors, electronic circuitry, pumps, and separators)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2010
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES:
Packaging services:
Fruit and vegetables pack houses assets used off farm:
Tree nuts assets:
Separating assets (including air separators, trommels and vibrating screens)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Hospitals:
Hospital assets:
Cell savers and cell separators7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2003
Dental services:
Dentists' assets:
Amalgam separators7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive repair and maintenance:
Automotive and heavy vehicle repair and maintenance assets:
Effluent treatment systems incorporating motors, electronic circuitry, pumps, and separators8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Automotive body, paint and interior repair n.e.c.:
Smash repair assets:
Waste water filtering system assets:
Oil and water separators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Other machinery and equipment repair and maintenance:
Agriculture, construction and mining heavy machinery and equipment repair and maintenance assets:
Workshop assets:
Waste water recovery and treatment assets:
Tanks and separators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015

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Source: TR 2022/1