ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Beef cattle farming:
Cattle handling assets:
Calf cradles10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Cattle crushes (hydraulic and manual)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
NLIS and other readers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2007
Scales, weigh indicators and loading bars5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2007
Cattle yards (including races and coolers (steel and timber)):
Permanent types30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2007
Portable types20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Feed bins (including hay racks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Feed handling assets:
Bale feeders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Feed mixers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Silage and feedout wagons10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Loading ramps20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Manure and fertiliser spreaders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Saddlery and harness10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Beef cattle feedlots:
Cattle handling assets:
Cattle crushes (hydraulic and manual)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2007
Cattle induction and transfer yards (steel and timber)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Cattle treatment yards (steel and timber)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Cattle wash yards (steel and timber)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
NLIS and other readers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2007
Scales, weigh indicators and loading bars5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2007
Cattle pen assets:
Bunk sweepers8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2007
Cattle pen infrastructure assets:
Feed bunks or troughs and aprons20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Feed roads20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Pen earthworks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Pen fences and gates (steel and timber)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Shade structures20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Pen scrapers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Feed milling and handling assets:
Ancillary grain handling equipment:
Augers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Conveyors and elevators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Bulk and segregated commodity storage facilities (incorporating bunkers)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2007
Feed mixers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2007
Feed mixer trucks7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2007
Grain cleaners10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Grain processing assets:
Roller mills15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Steam flaking chests15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Steam flaking surge bins15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Tempering silos:
Galvanised steel12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2007
Glass fused to steel50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2007
Stainless steel15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Receival pits and hoppers25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jan 2007
Roughage processing assets (including tub rinders)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2007
Sampling and testing assets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2007
Silos and bins used for storing dry grain:
Concrete50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2007
Steel20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Tank storages for liquid feed supplements15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Loading ramps20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2007
Manure composting and screening machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2007
Grain-sheep or grain-beef cattle farming:
Cereal grain growing assets - see Table A Agriculture (01110 to 01990)
Dairy cattle farming:
Automatic calf feeders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Barn fed dairy farms:
Bulk and segregated commodity storage facilities (incorporating bunkers)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2007
Exercise yards20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2007
Feeding barns and maternity barns (incorporating cow beds, fans, and feed alleys)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2007
Cattle handling assets:
Air operated gates10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
All terrain vehicles (ATVs)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2007
Automatic drafting systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Automatic ID systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Automatic weighing systems and cattle scales5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2007
Backing gates15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Calf cradles10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Cattle crushes (including automatic)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Cattle laneways30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2007
Cattle yards (including loading ramps)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2007
Dairy milking sheds30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2007
Dairy yards and races20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2007
Teat spraying systems:
Automatic7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Manual10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Clean up assets:
High pressure pumps and hoses10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Hot water services10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Milk line washing systems:
Automatic10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Manual10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Feed milling and handling assets:
Augers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Conveyors and elevators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Feed mixers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Feed pads and bunkers30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2007
Feeding systems:
Automatic12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2007
Manual15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Grain mills (including roller mills, disc mills and hammer mills)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Manure spreaders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Silage pits40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jul 2007
Silage wagons10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Silos (steel)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2007
Telescopic handlers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Tub grinders7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2007
Milking and milk handling assets:
Automatic cluster removers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Bailing systems:
Herringbone (including swing over, double up and rapid exit)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Rotary15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Walk through15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Filters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Milking systems (incorporating clusters, swing over arms, hoses, pipes, pulsators, vacuum pumps, variable speed control)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Milk meters and recording jars (including conductivity sensors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Milk vats25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2016
Plate coolers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Receivers15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2007
Refrigeration compressors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2007
Robotic milking system assets:
Air compressors5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2016
Automated milking systems:
Rotary10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Single box and multi box10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Automatic feeding systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Automatic footbaths8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2016
Control systems (excluding personal computers) - see Table B Control systems and control system assets
Cow comfort systems:
Cow brushes3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2016
Rubber matting7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Cow identification systems (including weights, bands, numbers and transponders)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Cow traffic systems7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Milk chillers/plate coolers/energy recovery systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Vacuum pumps7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
MANUFACTURING:
Meat processing:
Livestock handling assets:
Cattle soaker pens15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Cattle wash/soaker control systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Cattle washes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Cattle yards (incorporating concrete base and galvanised steel posts and rails)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2013
Slaughter floor assets:
Cattle restrainers (incorporating centre track belly conveyors)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2013

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Source: TR 2022/1