ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Pig farming:
Liquid feed systems (incorporating feed valves, tanks, pumps, pipelines, mixers and troughs)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
MINING:
Infrastructure support assets:
Pipes and pipelines (including valves and fittings):
Generally25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2003
Slurry pipework within processing facility (including slurry pipe to thickener)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Materials handling assets:
Stockpile assets:
Reclaim tunnel flow valves and activators25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2003
Coal mining:
Infrastructure support assets:
Pipes and pipelines (including valves and fittings):
Generally25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2003
Slurry pipework within processing facility (including slurry pipe to thickener)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
Valves and other non pipe fittings10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2003
Oil and gas extraction:
Assets used to manufacture condensate, crude oil, domestic gas, liquid natural gas (LNG) or liquid petroleum gas (LPG) but not if the manufacture occurs in an oil refinery
Trunkline onshore terminal (TOT) assets:
Valves including control valves12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jul 2002
Gas production assets:
Valves12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jul 2002
Oil production assets:
Valves12 ½ years16.00%8.00%1 Jul 2002
Mineral sand mining:
Support assets:
Pipes and pipelines (including valves and fittings):
Generally20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2003
Slurry pipework within processing facility (including slurry pipe to thickener)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
MANUFACTURING:
Dairy product manufacturing:
Ancillary and support assets:
Valves15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Assets commonly used for product manufacturing and processing:
Valve matrixes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Fruit and vegetable processing:
Fruit juice and fruit juice drink manufacturing assets:
Support assets:
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Grain mill product manufacturing:
Flour milling assets:
Packaging assets:
Vertical form fill and seal/volumetric fillers (including valve bag fillers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Bakery product manufacturing (non-factory based):
Sugar milling assets:
Support assets:
Piping and valves:
Piping:
Mild steel15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Non ferrous20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Stainless steel25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Sugar refining assets:
Support assets:
Pipes and valves:
Pipes:
Mild steel15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Non ferrous20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Stainless steel25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing:
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing assets generally:
Batching, grinding and mixing assets:
Rotary valves15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Other food product manufacturing n.e.c.:
Coffee processing assets:
Process control valves10 years20.00%10.00%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:
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Soft drink, cordial and syrup manufacturing:
Support assets:
Carbonators (including controls, pumps and valves)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Beer manufacturing (except non-alcoholic beer):
Cellaring assets:
Carbonators (including controls, pumps and valves)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2008
Support assets:
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Wine and other alcoholic beverage manufacturing:
Support assets:
Pipes and fittings:
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Pulp, paper and converted paper product manufacturing:
Pulp and paper mill assets:
Electrical and instrumentation assets:
Control valves15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
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
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
Industrial gas distribution assets:
Cylinder filling assets:
Cylinder valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Tank truck assets:
Pipes and valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Support and other assets:
Piping assets:
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Feedstock handling and storage assets:
Molasses assets:
Pipelines (incorporating fittings and valves)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2012
Stillage assets:
Dunder and stillage assets (molasses feedstock):
Pipelines (incorporating fittings and valves)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2012
Support and other assets:
Piping assets:
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%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
Distribution, handling and storage assets:
Ammonia pipelines (incorporating fittings and valves)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Gas pipelines (incorporating fittings and valves)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2013
Support assets:
Piping assets:
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Salt manufacturing and refining assets:
Rotary valves15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2022
Human pharmaceutical and medicinal product manufacturing:
Production assets:
Intermediate bulk containers, bins and vessels (including instruments, pipes, pumps and valves) used to hold and transfer formulations during various stages of production10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
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
Bucket elevators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Pneumatic:
Air lift elevators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Air slides15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Plaster product manufacturing:
Plasterboard and cornice manufacturing assets:
General:
Rotary valves15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel making assets:
Flux making assets:
Kiln contact coolers (including agitator, agitator hydraulic system and rotary valves)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Water treatment assets:
Pipes and pipelines:
Valves and other non-pipe fittings10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Blast furnace assets:
Emissions control assets:
Furnace top recovery turbine systems (incorporating hydraulic system, inlet and outlet mains and valves)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Uptakes, bleeders and platforms, downcomers, dust dumping, valves and hydraulics15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Furnace proper assets:
Furnace charging tops (incorporating charging valves and hydraulics)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Hot blast system assets:
Cold blast mains (incorporating snorts and mixer valves)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Stoves (incorporating refractory, shell, foundations, fan and valves)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Water treatment assets:
Valves and other non-pipe fittings8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2010
Coke making assets:
Coke ovens gas by-products assets:
Ammonia absorbers (including pumps, ammonia storage tanks, and distribution pipes including valves)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Benzol scrubbers (including pumps and distribution pipe work including valves)35 years5.71%2.86%1 Jul 2009
Primary cooler assets:
Electric and steam pumps, tar tanks, strainers, salt water coolers (including supporting structures and distribution pipes to cooler off takes including valves)40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2009
Emissions control assets:
Waste gas cleaning and dedusting assets:
Dust collection systems, dust drop out boxes and dust disposal rotary valves (incorporating motors and gearboxes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Hot strip mill assets:
De-scaling systems (incorporating scale breakers, nozzles, pipe works, valves and high pressure pumps)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Plate mill assets:
De-scaling boxes (incorporating sprays, mechanicals, control valves pipe work after isolation valves, de-scaling box table rolls, tables, chains, covers, side guides and covers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Furnaces (incorporating slab pushers, bumpers, pyrometers, off takes from king valve to outlets and all structures and equipment from after entry skids up to and including circular apron skids)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
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
Primary metal product casting assets:
Water treatment assets:
Pipelines:
Valves and other non-pipe fittings10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Rod, bar, structural and rail mill assets:
De-scaling systems (incorporating scale breaker, nozzles, pipe work, valves and high pressure pump)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Steel coil roll forming, slitting and blanking and sheet metal forming:
Steel coil slitting assets:
Main hydraulic power pack (incorporating interconnecting pipe work to valve stands)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Motor car engine assembly and manufacturing assets:
Toolroom assets:
Degreasing plant systems (incorporating float valves, hoists, monorails, pumps etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
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:
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 by irrigation water providers:
Pipes: measured from valve to valve, that are of the same age and same material (not being in the nature of a repair)80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Valves40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jan 2005
Assets used in water supply:
Valves:
Generally30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2005
Pressure reducing valves25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Water mains: being lengths of trunk, distribution and reticulation mains within a section, measured from valve to valve that are of the same age and same material (not being in the nature of a repair)80 years2.50%1.25%1 Jan 2005
Sewerage and drainage services:
Valves:
Generally25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2005
Pressure reducing valves30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2005
WHOLESALE TRADE:
Petroleum product wholesaling:
LPG depot and terminal assets:
LPG fleet refuelling facility:
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
LPG tank truck assets:
Pumping systems:
Valves7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Product piping systems:
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES:
Cafes, restaurants, takeaway food services, pubs, taverns, bars and clubs (hospitality):
Beer dispensing system assets (including, tanks, taps tubes and valves)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2005
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Scenic and sightseeing transport:
Hot air balloon ride operation assets:
Hot air balloon assets:
Fuel cylinders and tanks (incorporating shut off valves)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Pipeline transport:
Pipes and pipelines (including valves and fittings):
Generally25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2003
Slurry pipework within processing facility (including slurry pipe to thickener)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2006
OTHER SERVICES:
Other machinery and equipment repair and maintenance:
Agriculture, construction and mining heavy machinery and equipment repair and maintenance assets:
Workshop assets:
Surface preparation assets:
Abrasive blasting assets:
Abrasive blasting machines (incorporating blasting pots, hoses, nozzles, valves etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015

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Source: TR 2022/1