ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MINING:
Other non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying n.e.c.:
Salt harvesting assets:
Mobile pump stations5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2021
Mineral exploration services:
Exploration assets:
Seismic survey assets:
Total stations (including mechanical, manual, motorised, auto lock, robotic, universal and multi-stations)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Boning room assets:
Boneless meat packing stations20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Boning and slicing stations20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Packaging assets:
Carton weigh label stations7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2013
Slaughter floor assets:
Offal processing assets:
Offal packing stations15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Preparation and trimming stations15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Cereal and pasta product manufacturing:
Product and raw material receiving and handling assets:
Tipping stations (tote bin dumpers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Bakery product manufacturing (non-factory based):
Sugar milling assets:
Cane delivery assets:
Receival station assets:
Cane levellers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Cane receival hoppers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Tipplers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Weighbridges20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Support assets:
Cookers, drying rooms, ovens, roasters, mixers and melting stations (caramel, fruit, nougat, wafer etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing:
Pet food manufacturing assets:
Wet process assets:
Gravy make-up stations15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Printing:
Newspaper printing assets:
Buffering/print line storage assets:
Unwinders and winders (including single, double and triple stations and buffer docking stations)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Printing support services:
Post-press (finishing) trade services assets:
Newspaper mailroom assets:
Bundle conveying and sorting systems (including bundle sorting and barcode reading stations and bundle conveyors)12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jan 2007
Industrial gas manufacturing:
Industrial gas distribution assets:
Cylinder filling assets:
Cylinder filling station assets:
High pressure hoses10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Manifolds and piping (incorporating flashback arrestors):
Acetylene gas10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Other gases20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Water cooling system for acetylene cylinders (incorporating piping and spray nozzles)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Tanker filling station assets:
Breakaway couplings12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Framework, manifolds and piping20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Tanker filling hoses10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Weighbridges20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Feedstock handling and storage assets:
Molasses assets:
Receival station control systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing:
Ammonia manufacturing assets:
Support assets:
Safety showers and eye wash stations20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Human pharmaceutical and medicinal product manufacturing:
Packaging assets:
Flaming stations10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
Cement manufacturing:
Preheat and clinker production assets:
Kilns (incorporating kiln shell, inlet chamber, roller stations, thrust unit, kiln hood, burner and drive)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Plaster product manufacturing:
Plasterboard and cornice manufacturing assets:
Plasterboard/cornice plant assets:
Forming station assets (excluding forming plates and pin mixers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Paper and tape assets (including creasers, magazines, splicing assets, tape rollers, tension stations and unwinders)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Concrete product manufacturing:
Prefabricated concrete product manufacturing assets:
Automated panel manufacturing assets:
Concrete distribution stations:
Distributors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Flying buckets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Hoppers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel making assets:
Secondary treatment assets:
Composition adjustment stations (including Injection Reheating Up Temperature (IRUT) stations incorporating snorkels, support structures and motors)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Hot strip mill assets:
Coil box and crop shear assets:
Transfer bed oxy cutting stations15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Aluminium smelting:
Anode rodding assets (including aluminium spray station assets, furnaces and metal casting assets)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2003
Steel coil roll forming, slitting and blanking and sheet metal forming:
Steel coil slitting assets:
Slitting head building stations (incorporating rotating rigs)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Railway rolling stock manufacturing and repair services:
Assembly assets:
Foam filling station assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Electricity supply:
Electricity generation:
Power generators:
Co-generation:
Station and auxiliary electrical systems within the power station30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Combined cycle:
Station and auxiliary electrical systems within the power station30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Diesel or gas engine:
Station and auxiliary electrical systems within the power station30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Gas turbine:
Station and auxiliary electrical systems within the power station30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Hydro-electric:
Station and auxiliary electrical systems within the power station40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jan 2002
Thermal:
Station and auxiliary electrical systems within the power station30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Power station civil and structural works:
Chimney stacks:
Concrete surrounds30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Steel flues20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Cooling towers (concrete or timber)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Cooling water systems (excluding cooling towers and condensing assets)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Power station buildings, to the extent that they form an integral part of plant30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Gas supply:
Gas distribution:
Regulators (including gate stations, subgate stations, block valve stations, pressure regulating stations and district regulating stations)40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2002
Gas transmission:
Compressor station assets30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2002
Gas pipeline LNG station assets30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2002
Regulators (including gate stations, subgate stations, block valve stations, pressure regulating stations and district regulating stations)40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2002
Water supply:
Assets used in water supply:
Water supply pumping station detention tanks80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Sewerage and drainage services:
Sewage pump station assets:
Detention tanks80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Overflow screens25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Waste treatment and disposal services:
Transfer stations and landfill operation assets:
Air compressors and receivers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Balers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Bins:
Bins generally (including metal bins)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Compactor bins6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2015
Mobile bins (including rubbish bins)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Bulk fuel above ground tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Bulldozers and drotts (including landfill compaction assets)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
CCTV and security systems4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015
Concrete crushing assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Dust and odour control assets12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2015
Excavators and front end loaders5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Fans10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Forklifts used in waste handling5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Forklifts not used in waste handling11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2015
Gas capture assets:
Extraction assets (including wells, laterals and headers, and condensate systems)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2015
Flare skid assets generally (including blowers, monitoring systems and flame arresters, but excluding flare stacks)7 ½ years26.67%13.33%1 Jul 2015
Flare stacks - continuous use15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Flare stacks - standby stacks7 ½ years26.67%13.33%1 Jul 2015
Monitoring systems (excluding wells)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Off-site monitoring wells15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Green waste mulchers and shredders7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Hoppers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Push pits15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
Sweepers - road sweepers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Transfer trailers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Water treatment systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Weighbridges15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2015
WHOLESALE TRADE:
Commission-based wholesaling:
Sale yards (used by stock and station agents)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2014
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Tramway and light rail passenger transport services:
Infrastructure assets:
Communication, computer and passenger support assets:
Radio base stations, intercoms7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Rail freight and passenger transport services:
Monorail operation assets:
Infrastructure assets:
Communication, computer and passenger assets:
Phones, radio base stations, intercoms7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Water transport and support services:
Port assets:
Intermodal facilities:
Receival station assets (including belt feeder, hopper and tippler)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2002
Scenic and sightseeing transport:
Monocable circulating detachable, reversible and fixed ropeway assets operated in non-snowfield areas:
Drive and return station assets (including braking systems, drive systems, gear boxes, motors, variable speed drives (VSDs) and tensioning systems)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Other transport n.e.c.:
Monocable circulating fixed grip and detachable ropeway assets operated in snowfield areas (including double, triple and quad chair lifts, T-bar, poma and surface lifts):
Drive and return station assets (including braking systems, drive systems, gear boxes, motors, variable speed drives (VSDs) and tensioning systems)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Snowmaking assets including:
Weather stations5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2009
Airport operations and other air transport support services:
Airport assets:
Baggage handling assets:
Baggage check-in stations (incorporating scales and check-in conveyors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2003
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Telecommunications services:
Mobile telecommunications assets:
Base station assets:
Antennas, battery backup, radio transmitters/receivers and rectifiers6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2002
Towers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2002
Base station controller hardware10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Satellite communication assets:
Satellite earth station electronic assets (including bandwidth managers, decoders, demodulators downconverters, encoders, filters, modulators, receivers, transmitters and upconverters)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2005
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Surveying and mapping services:
GNSS/GPS survey equipment (including receivers, reference/base stations, rover receivers, data radios, antennas and integrated GNSS)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Total stations (including mechanical, manual, motorised, auto lock, robotic, universal and multi-stations)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Dental services:
Dentists' assets:
Intra-oral camera systems (incorporating camera and integrated processor/docking station)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive body, paint and interior repair n.e.c.:
Car wash and detailing assets:
Activation and entry station assets (including bay controllers, pay station assets and bank note change machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Other machinery and equipment repair and maintenance:
Agriculture, construction and mining heavy machinery and equipment repair and maintenance assets:
Workshop assets:
Air conditioning service assets (including refrigerant management/charging stations, refrigerant recovery machines, refrigerant recovery and recycling machines and vacuum pumps)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Car park assets:
Automatic payment machines/stations10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Entry and exit stations/columns (including RFID card readers, ticket dispensing machines, ticket readers etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Two-way radios:
Base stations6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2014

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Source: TR 2022/1