ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MINING:
Underground mobile mining machines:
Shuttle cars12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2002
MANUFACTURING:
Glass and glass product manufacturing:
Container glass and flat (float) glass manufacturing assets:
Glass product handling and packaging assets (including case packers, flat glass lifters and stackers, palletisers, strapping machines, shrink wrappers, stretch wrappers and trolley shuttle cars)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2008
Ceramic product manufacturing:
Clay brick and paver manufacturing assets:
Kiln/dryer car cable hauler system assets (incorporating cable, gearbox, pulling wheels and motors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Kiln/dryer/transfer car track work12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Kiln/dryer cars10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Transfer cars15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Concrete product manufacturing:
Concrete block, brick and paver manufacturing assets:
Curing assets:
Transfer car (incorporating finger cars) track works15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Transfer cars (incorporating finger cars)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Assets used in common in iron smelting and steel manufacturing processes:
Coil cars (including hydraulic sliding floor plates)13 years15.38%7.69%1 Jul 2010
Coil car tracks and rails7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2010
Rail infrastructure and rolling stock except torpedo cars - use any relevant determinations made for Rail freight and passenger transport services (47100 to 47200)
Scale or transfer car rail tracks and turntables20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Scale or transfer cars (incorporating cable reel and drive units)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Blast furnace assets:
Materials handling assets:
Torpedo cars17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2010
Coke making assets:
Coke ovens batteries assets:
Charging car rails20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Charging cars20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Coke transfer cars25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2009
Hot car spur lines30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2009
Hot cars (incorporating locomotive, wagon, tray and bogies)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Primary metal product casting assets:
Continuous casting machines (incorporating turrets, tundishes (incorporating lids and cassettes), tundish cars, moulds, dummy bars, segments, oscillators, rolls, water sprays, hydraulics, motors and gearboxes):
Billet casters17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2010
Combination casters17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2010
Slab casters17 years11.76%5.88%1 Jul 2010
Rod, bar, structural and rail mill assets:
Controlled tempering quenching cars10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Steel coil roll forming, slitting and blanking and sheet metal forming:
Steel coil blanking or shear line assets:
Coil cars (including stationary coil cars)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Steel coil roll forming assets:
Coil cars15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Coil tilting coil cars15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Steel coil slitting assets:
Coil cars15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Motor car engine assembly and manufacturing assets:
Ancillary and support assets:
Air compressors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Air curtains10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Control systems (including mimic panels)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Cooling water supply assets (including cooling towers, storage tanks and water conditioning/dosing assets)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Dust and fume extraction assets (including ducting, extraction fans, hoppers etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Engine lubrication storage, filtration and feed plant assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Engine pallets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Lighting (production)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Racks, shelving, stands and tables generally15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Robots generally (including assembly robots, gantry robots and pick and place robots etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Safety assets generally (including guarding, matting, railing etc, where separately identifiable and not incorporated into an existing asset)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Stillages, storage bins, tote boxes and trolleys10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
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
Tooling assets:
Electronic and laser tool pre-setting and setting machines (including coordinate measurement machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Tooling (for drills, lathes, mills etc)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2012
Engine assembly and engine component sub- assembly assets:
Adhesive application assets used in form-in-place gasket systems etc (including adhesive unloading equipment and robots)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Assembly and sub-assembly assets generally (including assembly machines, balancing machines, bearing shell detection assets, crank and piston spin test machines, oil filling machines etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Coding assets (including automated ink or spray jet coders and automated pin coding stamping machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Nut runner assets:
Automated nut runner and fastening systems (incorporating cables and controllers, and including bolt torquing robots)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Manually operated nut runners (pre-torque applications etc)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2012
Power tools generally3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2012
Engine component machining line assets (including broaching machines, deburring machines, gauging machines, honing machines, leak testing machines, machining centres, pallet loading systems, surface grinding machines, transfer machines, washing machines etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Engine function testing assets (including cold test machines, engine dynamometers, engine ignition testing machines and hot test machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Handling assets:
Conveyors:
Elevating conveyors (including engine block elevating conveying assets etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Floor and in-floor standalone conveyors (including belt conveyors, infeed and outfeed conveyors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Monorails and overhead conveyors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Cranes and hoists (including bridge cranes, gantry cranes, overhead cranes and turnover cranes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Lifting fixtures, magnets, slings etc10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Quality control assets generally (including cylinder head thickness testers, digital torque wrenches, gauges, inspection equipment generally, measuring equipment generally, microscopes, scales, scanners, testing equipment generally, thermometers, vibration meters etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Toolroom assets:
Benches and cutting tables (including magnetic field benches, marking out tables, welding benches etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Degreasing plant systems (incorporating float valves, hoists, monorails, pumps etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Fixtures (including rotary work fixtures and set up fixtures)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Heat treatment assets (including furnaces and quench tanks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Tool grinding and maintenance machines (including boring machines, broach sharpening machines, grinding machines, guillotines, lapping machines, milling machines, toolroom lathes etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Washing machines and tanks (including ultrasonic cleaners/washers and other hot solvent small parts washing assets)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Welders (ARC welders, MIG welders etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Waste treatment assets:
Laboratory equipment (including balancers, chart recorders, dryers, pH sampling devices, rotameters and simulators etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Meters and sensors (including chart recorders, dosing meters, level meters, level sensors and pH method meters and sensors etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Pumps (including dosing pumps, recirculation pumps etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Tanks and pools (including recycling tanks, sludge tanks and pools, storage tanks etc)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Waste treatment assets generally (including dosing systems, flotation waste treatment systems, heaters, oil removing systems, skimmers and sludge presses etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
RETAIL TRADE:
Motor vehicle tyre or tube retailing:
Floor jacks:
Used for car and light truck repairs3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle hoists:
Used for car and light truck repairs10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Road transport:
Motor vehicles and trailers:
Cars (motor vehicles designed to carry a load of less than one tonne and fewer than 9 passengers):
Generally8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2006
Hire cars:
Cars used to provide basic service ride-sourcing, ride-hailing or ride-sharing services (e.g. uberX)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2016
Generally (including cars used to provide premium service ride-sourcing, ride-hailing or ride-sharing services e.g. UberBLACK)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2016
Rental cars5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Taxis4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015
Rail freight and passenger transport services:
Railway rolling stock:
Passenger:
Electric/diesel power cars and trailers30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Locomotive hauled carriages (including baggage vans, diners, mail vans, sit-up cars, and sleepers)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Wagons - bulk freight:
Tank cars20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Motion picture and video activities:
Grips' assets:
Car rigs, sea rigs and other specialised rigs2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jan 2006
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Rental cars5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
ARTS AND RECREATION SERVICES:
Sports and physical recreation clubs n.e.c.:
Racing cars2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jan 2001
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive repair and maintenance:
Automotive and heavy vehicle repair and maintenance assets:
Jacks:
Floor jacks:
Used for car and light truck repairs3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Transmission jacks:
Used for car and light truck repairs8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle hoists:
Used for car and light truck repairs10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
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
Automatic car wash assets (including rollover and tunnel washes):
Friction washer system assets (including gantry, rails and arches and driers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Touch free pressure washer system assets (including gantry, rails and arches and driers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Car conveyor system assets (incorporating correlators, sensors, tracks and rails)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Detailing assets:
Steam cleaners10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Vacuum cleaners10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Hand and self serve car wash assets:
Ceiling and wall booms10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Large vehicle wash assets:
Hoists20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Side brush cleaning system assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Support assets:
Door controls and motor drive systems for rapid roller doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Plant room assets:
Air compressors
Compressors - reciprocating7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2009
Compressors - screw10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Boilers20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Control systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Pumps12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2009
Water treatment assets:
Filter system assets (including reverse osmosis)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Vending machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2009
Parking services:
Car park operation assets - see Table B Car park assets
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Car park assets:
Automatic and semi-automatic parking systems (including platforms, stackers, turntables etc)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Automatic payment machines/stations10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Barrier gates/boom gates - see Table B Boom gates
Car park floodlighting20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2016
Car park signage7 years28.57%14.29%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
Licence plate recognition cameras and systems5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Parking guidance assets:
Automatic vehicle counter systems (incorporating counter modules and signage)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Parking guidance systems (incorporating controllers, detectors, dynamic signage, lighting etc)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Pay and display machines/Pay and go machines8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2016
Security and monitoring assets:
Generally (including CCTV systems) - see Table B Security and monitoring assets
Intercommunication (intercom) system assets7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Two-way radios - see Table B Two-way radios
Motor vehicles and trailers:
Cars (motor vehicles designed to carry a load of less than one tonne and fewer than 9 passengers):
Generally8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2006
Hire cars:
Cars used to provide basic service ride-sourcing, ride-hailing or ride-sharing services (e.g. uberX)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2016
Generally (including cars used to provide premium service ride-sourcing, ride-hailing or ride-sharing services e.g. UberBLACK)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2016
Rental cars5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Taxis4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015

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Source: TR 2022/1