ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Vegetable growing (under cover):
Hydroponic growing assets (including cut flower growing):
Hanging gutters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Troughs10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Hydroponics growers may also use the effective life for relevant assets shown in Nursery and floriculture production (01110 to 01150)
Vegetable growing (outdoors) and sugar cane growing:
Chemical spraying assets:
Generally10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Self-propelled8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2007
Fertiliser spreaders:
Generally10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Spinner5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2007
General assets:
Bins:
Plastic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Timber5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2007
Mulch layers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2007
Mulch lifters12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2007
Mulchers8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2007
Rakes (e.g. cane trash rakes)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Slashers8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2007
Harvesting assets:
Cane haul out bins12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2007
Harvesters (including cane, carrot, onion, potato and tomato)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Harvesting aids (incorporating trailers and conveyor belts)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Onion lifters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Trailers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Windrowers (including potato diggers, onion and potato windrowers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Pea-viners, pea cleaners, vine and straw conveyors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Planting assets:
Billet planters12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2007
Potato cutters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Potato planters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Precision seeders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Transplanters:
Automated7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Manual10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Tillage assets:
Generally15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Power take-off (PTO) operated (including rotary hoes and power harrows)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2007
Trellising assets:
Stake drivers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2007
Stake pullers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2007
Trellising (incorporating stakes and wire)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2007
Wire winders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
MANUFACTURING:
Fruit and vegetable processing:
Dried fruit (other than sun-dried) manufacturing assets:
Packaging assets:
Box sealers (including taping machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Carton erecting, packing and closing machines (including cartoners)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Form fill and seal machines - see Table B Packaging machines
Labellers - see Table B Packaging machines
Multihead weighers - see Table B Packaging machines
Palletisers - see Table B Packaging machines
Wrapping machines (including pallet wrappers, shrink wrappers and stretch wrappers) - see Table B Packaging machines
Processing assets:
Aspirators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
Cappers and destemmers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Cookers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Cooling tunnels15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Drying assets (including dehydrators and dryers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
Mixers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Pitters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Riddles (including pre-riddles and rotary sieves)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Shaker tables15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Sulphur tanks15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Washing assets (including barrel washers, brush washers and ripple washers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Product and raw material handling assets:
Bins10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Bin tippers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Conveyors and elevators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Quality control and inspection assets:
Colour sorters and laser scanners10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Inspection equipment (including checkweighers and metal detectors) - see Table B Packaging machines
Testing equipment15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Support assets:
Cool rooms - see Table B Refrigeration assets
Weighers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
Fruit juice and fruit juice drink manufacturing assets:
Evaporators (used in concentrate manufacture)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Extraction assets:
Break tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Centrifugal decanters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Crushing and milling assets (including hammer mills)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Extractors (including presses and reamers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Filters (including membrane, pressure and vacuum filters)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Finishers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Fruit sizing assets (including sizing belts/heads and sorting tables)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Pulp and rind mincers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Pulper-finishers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Roller/spreaders20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Tomato choppers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Washers (including brush washers, flume tanks and pre-clean water hoppers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Filling and sealing assets:
Bottle inverters20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Cap sorters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Capping machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Container dryers (incorporating air knives and blowers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Cooling and warming tunnels (including bottle warmers and water spray cooling tunnels)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Filling machines (including aseptic fillers, bag in box fillers, cup fillers, gable top carton fillers and plastic bottle fillers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Handling assets:
Bottle rinsing machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Bottle unscramblers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Depalletisers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Palletisers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Stretch wrappers (pallet wrappers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Inspection assets:
Checkweighers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Vacuum seal testers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Vision inspection assets (including cap inspection/rejection systems and label inspection machines)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2010
Packing assets:
Cartoning assets (including carton and case erectors, carton sealers, case packers and overpackers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Coding machines (including container coders and outer date coders)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Hot melt adhesive (spot glue) applicators10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Label applicators7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Labellers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Multipack machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Shrink sleeve applicators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Shrinkwrappers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Straw applicators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Support assets:
Air compressors and receivers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Bins, cages and hoppers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Boilers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Clean-in-place (CIP) system assets (including pipes, pumps and tanks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Control system assets (excluding personal computers but including program logic controllers (PLCs) and switchgear)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Conveyors (including augers, belt conveyors and bucket elevators)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Fruit concentrate drum tippers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Laboratory equipment:
Electronic (including high performance liquid chromatography or HPLC machines, refractometers, spectrometry machines and titrimetric analysers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Non-electronic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Pasteurisation assets:
Pasteurisers (including heat exchangers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Tunnel pasteurisers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Pipes25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2010
Pumps:
Cavity pumps10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Others (including centrifugal pumps)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Refrigeration assets (including compressors, cooling towers, condensers and pumps)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Valves10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Water treatment filters:
Carbon filters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Membrane filters generally (including microfiltration (MF), nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) membrane filters)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
UF membrane filters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Weighbridges20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Tanks:
Blending and mixing tanks25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2010
Debittering tanks30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Storage tanks:
Generally30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Jacketed20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Refrigerated20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Waste water storage/treatment tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Jam, pickles and sauces manufacturing assets:
Filling and sealing assets:
Bottle rinsing machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Capping machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Denesters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Filling machines (including aseptic, bucket and portion control)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Jar de-palletisers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Lid descramblers, cap sorters and hoppers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Packaging assets:
Carton erecting, packing and closing machines (including cartoners)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2018
Labellers - see Table B Packaging machines
Palletisers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Wrapping machines (including pallet wrappers, shrink wrappers and stretch wrappers) - see Table B Packaging machines
Processing assets:
Brush finishers and pulper finishers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Cookers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Cooling tunnels (including water cooling tunnels)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Micro filters20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
Pasteurisers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Pectin mixers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Pipes and pipelines (including pigging)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Tanks and vats (including blending, holding and mixing tanks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Quality control and inspection assets:
Metal detectors and camera vision scanners10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Support assets:
Accumulation tables and turntables15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Air compression assets (including air compressors, air dryers and air receivers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Boilers - see Table B Boilers
Conveyors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Exhaust systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Heat exchangers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Pumps (including cavity, diaphragm and lobe)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Preserved fruit and vegetable manufacturing assets:
Filling and sealing assets:
Canning assets (including can loaders, closers and seamers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Capping machines:
Cappers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Induction sealers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2018
Filling machines (including aseptic, bag in box, cup, direct and piston)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Packaging assets:
Carton erecting, packing and closing machines (including cartoners)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Labellers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Palletisers and depalletisers - see Table B Packaging machines
Wrapping machines (including pallet wrappers, shrink wrappers and stretch wrappers) - see Table B Packaging machines
Processing assets:
Blanchers and paste finishers (including bean and spaghetti)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2018
Concentrates and syrup assets (including centrifuges, decanters and syrupers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Cookers:
Rotary atmospheric sterilisers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
Rotary pressure sterilisers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Static retorts15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Crushing mills30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2018
Graders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Peelers:
Chemical (including caustic)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Mechanical (including ginacas and magnesium scrubbers)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2018
Pitters and repitters20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
Slicers and resizers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Tanks and vats (including blending, holding and mixing tanks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Quality control and inspection assets:
Colour sorters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Inspection equipment (including checkweighers and metal detectors) - see Table B Packaging machines
Support assets:
Bin tippers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2018
Control systems - see Table B Control systems and control system assets
Conveyors and elevators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Filtration systems15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Pasteurisers (including heat exchangers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Pumps10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Soft drink, cordial and syrup manufacturing:
Fruit juice drink manufacturing assets - see Table A Fruit and vegetable processing (11400)
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES:
Packaging services:
Fruit and vegetables pack houses assets used off farm:
Banana assets:
Air rams3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Bunch lines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Choppers/mulchers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2008
Rails (including points)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Scrap conveyors5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Tops8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2008
Water troughs10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
General assets:
Bins5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Bin tippers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Conveyors (including elevators)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Drying tunnels15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Fungicide units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Receival hoppers (including water dumps)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Tables (including packing and sorting tables)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Washing assets (including brush and barrel washers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Waxing assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Graders:
Electronic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Mechanical15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Optical8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2008
Labelling assets:
Labelling applicators (including in line labellers)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2008
Labelling guns3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2008
Packing assets (including bagging and wrapping machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008
Scales (excluding platform scales)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
Tree nuts assets:
Crackers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2008
Drying silos15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2008
Separating assets (including air separators, trommels and vibrating screens)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2008

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Source: TR 2022/1