ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Sheep farming:
Sheep handling assets (including autodrafter, conveyor, cradle, crate, crutching trailer, elevator, ewe lifter, handler, hydraulic lift, rollover unit, shearing table, weigh crate, winch used to lift sheep)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Weigh bars, weigh indicators and weigh platforms10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Beef cattle farming:
Cattle handling assets:
Scales, weigh indicators and loading bars5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2007
Beef cattle feedlots:
Cattle handling assets:
Scales, weigh indicators and loading bars5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2007
Pig farming:
Weigh bars, weigh indicators and weigh platforms5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2008
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Packaging assets:
Carton weigh label stations7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2013
Rendering plant:
Bagging/weigh batching machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Bakery product manufacturing (non-factory based):
Sugar milling assets:
Sugar drying and storage assets:
Hoppers (weigh and feed)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing:
Pet food manufacturing assets:
Raw material receiving, storage and handling assets:
Hoppers (including batch and weigh hoppers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Screw and weigh belt feeders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Support assets:
Weighing assets (including weigh cells, heads and hoppers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing assets generally:
Batching, grinding and mixing assets:
Hoppers (including expansion, grinder, weigh and surge hoppers)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2012
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Feedstock handling and storage assets:
Grain assets:
Hoppers (including weigh hoppers)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2012
Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing:
Salt manufacturing and refining assets:
Weigh feeders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2022
Polymer film and sheet packaging material manufacturing:
Resin preparation assets (including hoppers mixers/blenders and weigh batchers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Glass and glass product manufacturing:
Container glass and flat (float) glass manufacturing assets:
Batch house assets:
Other assets (including batch conveyors, batch mixers, bins, hoppers and weigh hoppers)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2008
Ready-mixed concrete manufacturing:
Bins (including weigh bins, but excluding concrete bins)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Hoppers (including weigh hoppers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel making assets:
Materials handling assets:
Hoppers, weigh hoppers, chutes, silos20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Pellet making assets:
Materials handling assets:
Weigh feeders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Sinter making assets:
Materials handling assets:
Weigh feeders:
Coke15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Ore23 years8.70%4.35%1 Jul 2009
Steel railway track product manufacturing assets:
Steel railway clip manufacturing assets:
Materials handling assets:
Weigh scales15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
WHOLESALE TRADE:
Livestock scales, weigh indicators and loading bars5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2019
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Water transport and support services:
Port assets:
Land based facilities:
Conveyor systems (incorporating chutes, gravity take-up assemblies, headframes, structures, surge bins, transfer towers and weigh towers)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2002
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Point of sale assets:
Weighing machines and scales (including weigh labelling machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005

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Source: TR 2022/1