ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
MINING:
Gold ore mining:
Gold ore processing assets:
Laboratory assets:
Generally (including drying ovens, pulverisers, crushers, gas fired ovens, fume cupboards)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2004
MANUFACTURING:
Poultry processing:
Further processing assets:
Ovens and cookers (including gyro, spiral, steam, thermal fluid fryers, vertical airflow etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2017
Dairy product manufacturing:
Assets for ice cream manufacturing:
Ovens15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Oil and fat manufacturing:
Edible oil or fat, blended, modified, refined or solvent extracted manufacturing assets (including canola, safflower, soybean):
Measuring and monitoring assets:
Laboratory assets:
Furnace ovens15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Grain mill product manufacturing:
Flour milling assets:
Quality control assets:
Test kitchen assets (including dough makers, breadmakers, ovens, provers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2017
Cereal and pasta product manufacturing:
Cereal food manufacturing assets:
General cereal food processing assets:
Ovens (electric and gas-fired)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2008
Bakery product manufacturing:
Baking assets used by large-scale manufacturers of biscuits, bread, cakes, pastries and pies:
Bread crumb assets (including baggers, debaggers, hammer mills, ovens, screw conveyors and sifters)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Ovens:
Rack ovens8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2002
Tray type ovens (including swing tray)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Tunnel ovens:
Generally20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Lidding systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2002
Proof and bake systems:
Spiral oven15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2002
Bakery product manufacturing (non-factory based):
Retail bread, biscuit, cake and pastry baking assets:
Ovens (convection)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2002
Ovens (multi-decked, rotating rack or static rack, rotating deck)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2002
Sugar milling assets:
Support assets:
Laboratory assets:
Moisture determination ovens10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Support assets:
Cookers, drying rooms, ovens, roasters, mixers and melting stations (caramel, fruit, nougat, wafer etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2016
Prepared animal and bird feed manufacturing:
Pet food manufacturing assets:
Dry process assets:
Ovens (including horizontal, tunnel and vertical)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Other food product manufacturing n.e.c.:
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):
Frozen pizza manufacturing assets:
Pizza base making assets:
Ovens20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Frozen pre-prepared meal manufacturing assets (including cookers and kettles, depositors, fillers, meat injectors and tenderisers, mixers, multihead weighers, ovens, particle and sauce applicators and rice/pasta cookers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Peanut processing assets:
Ovens (including roasters and dryers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Textile floor covering manufacturing:
Carpet manufacturing assets:
Ovens20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2017
Basic organic chemical manufacturing:
Ethanol manufacturing assets:
Support and other assets:
Laboratory assets:
Other laboratory equipment (including autoclaves, centrifuges, drying ovens, fume cupboards and UV sterilisers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Basic inorganic chemical manufacturing:
Ammonia manufacturing assets:
Support assets:
Laboratory assets:
Other laboratory equipment (including centrifuges, drying ovens, fume cupboards etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Human pharmaceutical and medicinal product manufacturing:
Production assets:
Drying ovens10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
Rigid and semi-rigid polymer product manufacturing:
Annealing ovens25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2016
Paint and coatings manufacturing:
Paint and coatings manufacturing assets:
Testing assets:
Ovens15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2013
Glass and glass product manufacturing:
Glass product manufacturing assets:
Glass laminating assets (including assembly clean room assets, autoclaves, heaters, laminating lehr furnaces, ovens, pre-presses, presses and vacuum bag furnaces)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Glass toughening (tempering) assets:
Heat soaking ovens20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Cement manufacturing:
Support assets:
Testing equipment:
Generally (including spectrometers, gas chromatographs, titrators, calorimeters, laser granulometers, photometers, moisture analysers, drying ovens)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Ready-mixed concrete manufacturing:
Testing assets:
Ovens8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2014
Concrete product manufacturing:
Fibre cement building boards manufacturing assets:
Finishing line and packaging assets:
Drying tunnels (including heating ovens)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Coke making assets:
Coke ovens batteries assets:
Breeze basins30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2009
Charging car rails20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Charging cars20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Coke ovens batteries (including ovens, doors, individual oven gas off takes from supply and extraction mains)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2009
Coke ploughs15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Coke transfer cars25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2009
Coke wharves (including concrete end barriers and skids)30 years6.67%3.33%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
Quenchers (incorporating stack structures, water tanks, pipes, pumps, sprays, pneumatic systems and water pump pits)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Ram tracks and live rails30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2009
Rams30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2009
Coke ovens gas by-products assets:
Acid compound assets:
Acid compound structures, pumps, overflow and storage tanks15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Ammonia absorbers (including pumps, ammonia storage tanks, and distribution pipes including valves)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Ammonia plant assets:
Ammonia incinerators, ammonia stills, tanks, decanters, pumps, condensers (including support structures, stacks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Benzine, toluene and xylene plant assets:
Distillation columns, dephlegorators, pumps, tanks, coolers, condensers and pre heaters30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2009
Benzol scrubbers (including pumps and distribution pipe work including valves)35 years5.71%2.86%1 Jul 2009
Exhausters (including support structures and hydraulic systems)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2009
Final coolers35 years5.71%2.86%1 Jul 2009
Napthalene plant assets:
Sludge tanks, pre heaters, distillation columns, tanks, decanters, condensers, and pumps35 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
Sulphate plant assets:
Feed tanks, evaporators, centrifuge units, conveyors (including belts, structures, drives and chutes, jet condensers, hot water tanks, driers including chutes, drives, and support structures, pumps, vibrating screens, cyclones, and scraper conveyors)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Tar plant assets:
Decanters, make tanks (incorporating scrapers and drives, storage tanks, steam and electric pumps, liquor tank and strainers)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Tar precipitators20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Hot strip mill assets:
Walking beam furnace assets:
Coke ovens gas systems15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Steel strip metallic coating assets:
Curing ovens15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Steel strip organic coating assets:
Curing ovens15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Non-ferrous metal casting:
Metal casting assets (non-ferrous e.g. aluminium, brass and magnesium):
Heating assets:
Heat treatment ovens20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2004
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Paint shop assets:
Booths and ovens:
Generally (including baking/curing ovens, paint mixing booths/rooms, pre-treatment/sanding booths and wash down booths including cab degreasers)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Spray booths and combination spray booth baking ovens15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Railway rolling stock manufacturing and repair services:
Assembly assets:
Furnaces and ovens (including ladles and stress relief ovens)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2014
Maintenance and refurbishment assets:
Paint spraying booths (incorporating baking ovens, extractor fans and gas heaters)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2014
Aircraft manufacturing and repair services:
Industrial ovens15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2020
Photographic, optical and ophthalmic equipment manufacturing:
Optical lens grinding and contact lens manufacturing:
Lens curing and drying ovens10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2004
RETAIL TRADE:
Fuel retailing:
Convenience store assets:
Microwave ovens5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Supermarket and grocery stores:
Bakery assets:
Ovens10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
Deli Assets:
Ovens (including chicken ovens and smoker ovens)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
Support and other assets:
Microwave ovens5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2020
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES:
Accommodation:
Guestroom assets:
Kitchen assets:
Cooking utensils (including electric jugs, kettles, pans, pots and toasters, but excluding portable cook tops and ovens)2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2005
Microwave ovens5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2005
Cafes, restaurants, takeaway food services, pubs, taverns, bars and clubs (hospitality):
Food preparation and service assets:
Cooking appliances, large commercial type (including cook tops, deep fryers, grills, kebab machines, ovens and salamanders)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005
Microwave ovens5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2005
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Household assets:
Microwave ovens6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jan 2006
Residential property operators:
Kitchen assets:
Microwave ovens8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2019
Ovens12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2004
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Scientific research services:
Scientific, medical and pharmaceutical research assets:
Ovens6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2014
Scientific testing and analysis services:
Coal laboratory assets:
Sample preparation assets:
Drying ovens:
Benchtop7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2018
Others (including floor size with trolleys)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2018
Laboratory analytical equipment and instruments:
Moisture testing ovens (including nitrogen setup apparatus)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Mineral processing and metallurgical laboratory assets:
Sample preparation assets:
Drying ovens:
Benchtop7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2019
Others (including floor size with trolleys)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2019
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Child care services:
Support assets:
Kitchen assets:
Food cooking assets (including combination ovens, cooktops, fryers, soup kettles and stoves)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2020
Microwave ovens5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2020
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive body, paint and interior repair n.e.c.:
Smash repair assets:
Painting assets:
Spray bake ovens12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2009
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Laboratory assets used in quality control, sample checking etc:
Other laboratory assets (including autoclaves, centrifuges, microscopes, ovens etc)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014

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Source: TR 2022/1