ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
All terrain vehicles (ATVs) used in primary production activities5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2007
Dairy cattle farming:
Cattle handling assets:
All terrain vehicles (ATVs)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2007
MINING:
Underground mobile mining machines:
Long-wall equipment:
Roof support relocation vehicles10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Maintenance vehicles8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2002
Mineral exploration services:
Exploration assets:
Geophysical survey assets:
Down hole geophysical assets (including acoustic televiewers, callipers, density tools, dipmeters, draw works, neutron probes, sonic probes, receiver/transmitter modules and sondes):
Vehicle integrated assets8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jan 2007
Other mining support services:
Gas and oil mining support services (excluding offshore services):
Cementing assets:
Cement tankers (incorporating tank and trailer) - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers, trailers having a gross vehicle mass greater than 4.5 tonnes
Mineral mining support services:
Blasting assets:
Mobile processing units (MPUs):
Surface
Motor vehicles - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Underground MPUs (incorporating motor vehicle and MPU)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2017
MANUFACTURING:
Dairy product manufacturing:
Ancillary and support assets:
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2017
Sanitary paper product manufacturing:
Packaging assets:
Robots (including automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) and pick and place packaging machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Printing:
Newspaper printing assets:
Ancillary assets:
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) (including laser guided vehicles and track mounted automated vehicles)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Ready-mixed concrete manufacturing:
Cement tankers (incorporating tank and trailer) - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers, trailers having a gross vehicle mass greater than 4.5 tonnes
Truck transit mixers:
Trucks - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Volumetric concrete batching trucks:
Trucks - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Assets used in common in iron smelting and steel manufacturing processes:
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2010
Aluminium smelting:
Materials handling assets:
Anode transport vehicles and hot metal carriers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2003
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Ancillary and support assets:
Air compressors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Battery assets for warehouse vehicles (including pallet trucks and forklifts) - see Table B Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines
Brake hose cleaning machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Calibration assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Control systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
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 2011
Dust and fume extraction assets:
Fixed extraction systems (incorporating ducting, extraction arms etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Mobile7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Floor sweepers/scrubbers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Glycol and water mixing plant assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Hose reels7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Power supply assets (including generators) - use any relevant determinations made for Power supply assets in Table B
Racks and shelving20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Stillages, storage bins tote boxes and trolleys15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Storage tanks:
Fuel storage tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Gas storage tanks (including argon, compressed natural gas (CNG) and nitrogen gas storage tanks)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Lubricant storage tanks20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Tooling:
Dies (for press brakes)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Jigs and fixtures7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Moulds (including fibreglass moulds)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle platforms and runways (used in wheel alignment etc)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Ventilation fans20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Waste oil collection and storage assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Waste water treatment assets:
Meters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Pipework15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Pumps12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Separators15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Tanks30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2011
Water demineralising plant assets (including containers, pipework, pumps and reverse osmosis assets)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Weighers:
Fixed (weighbridges)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Mobile10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Assembly and body shop assets:
Adhesive mixing and dispensing assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Alignment, positioning and verification assets:
Axle and frame alignment assets (including frame presses)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Computer and laser based contact and non- contact devices (including 'Faro arms')10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Dumpy levels7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Coupling machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Power tool and rivet gun power packs and rigs15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Power tools:
Nut runners (including cables and controllers)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Others (including angle grinders, fastening tools, hand operated saws, rivet guns etc) - see Table B Power tools, hand tools
Sawing machines (including aluminium cutting saws, bandsaws and cold saws)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Welding assets:
Automatic stud well bowl feeder units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Hand held and portable spot welders (including transformers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
MIG welders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Stud welding machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
TIG welders15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Vertical electric welders (pedestal welders)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Welding reels7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Handling assets:
Conveyors:
Floor and in-floor conveyors (including belt conveyors, skid conveyors, skillet conveyors, slat conveyors, turntables etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Monorails and overhead conveyors20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Cranes (including gantry cranes, overhead cranes and turnover cranes)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Elevating work platforms - see Table A Rental and hiring services (except real estate) (66110 to 66400), Elevating work platforms (EWPs)
Forklift trucks (including pallet jacks, pallet stackers and reach trucks) - see Table B Forklifts
Mobile hoists/floor cranes (including engine and radiator hoists)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Pushers, rollers and tug units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle hoists/lifters (including column lifters and post hoists)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
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
Dip tank electro coating assets (including alkaline cleaner tanks, electro application tanks, surface conditioner tanks and water rinse tanks)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Infrared paint dryers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Paint proportioning assets:
Electronic component proportioning systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Paint tinting and colour blending machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Press shop assets:
Bending machines:
Chassis rail/frame bending machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Folders (including pan brakes)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Press brakes (brake presses)25 years8.00%4.00%1 Jul 2011
Tube benders12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Chassis rail drilling/punching machines:
Chassis rail processing machines (incorporating drilling and profiling)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Punching machines20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
CNC milling machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
CNC routing machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Drilling machines (bench drills, pedestal drills and pillar drills)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Guillotine shears20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Lathes:
CNC lathes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Conventional or non-CNC lathes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Plasma cutters15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Scribing and number stamping machines (including chassis number scribing/stamping machines and vehicle identification number stamping machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Trim and final shop assets:
Air conditioning charging units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Brake testing units20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Bus and truck wash assets - see Table A Automotive body, paint and interior repair n.e.c. (94129), large vehicle wash assets
Electrical systems testing assets15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Fluid filling assets:
Fluid filling machines (including coolant, fuel, lubrication and power steering fluid filling machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Urea dispensing systems (incorporating intermediate bulk containers, hose reels, meters and pumps)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Headlight aiming equipment10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Torque testing machines (including chassis dynamometers and engine dynamometers)12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2011
Wheel alignment assets:
Wheel alignment lasers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Wheel alignment systems (incorporating alignment machines housing computer hardware and software, probes and sensors)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Metal stamping and blanking assets:
Ancillary assets (including building and services assets):
Air compressors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Air dryers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Generally (including air conditioning assets, air cooling assets, fencing (removable), fire control and alarm assets, power supply assets) - use any applicable determination in Table B
Steelwork structures (including access and storage platforms, bollards, ladders etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Blanking and stamping press assets:
Presses (including production presses and production supporting presses such as die spotting presses, tryout presses etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Support assets (including decoilers, loaders, unloaders, pallet transfer, sheet feeders, crane savers etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Die change over assets (die trailers, die trucks, die trolleys etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Die racks15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Dies (stamping dies)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2012
Inspection and measuring assets (including accelerometers, accuracy measurement tools, desktop friction and wear testers, dualscopes and measuring and evaluation machines generally)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Maintenance workshop and tool room assets:
Benches and cutting tables (including magnetic field benches, marking out tables, welding benches etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Cutting machines (including gas cutters and plasma cutting machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Exhaust fans10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Fixtures (including rotary work fixtures and set up fixtures)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Hand tools (including portable power tools, sealer guns and spray guns)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2012
Heat treatment assets (including furnaces and quench tanks etc)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Lifting equipment (including vertical elevators and hoists)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Maintenance machines and tool room assets generally (including boring machines, folding machines, grinding machines, guillotines, hydraulic benders and presses, lapping machines, lathes, milling machines, NC machines and pipe threaders)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Measuring assets (including height gauges, micrometers, surface measuring machines and vernier calipers)10 years20.00%10.00%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 (including ARC welders, MIG welders and TIG welders)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Pallets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Production control systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Robots (including press tending robots, press transfer robots and pressed parts rack loading robots)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Scrap metal baling assets (including balers and conveying systems)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Steel coil and steel sheet handling assets:
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) (used in blank/stamped parts handling)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Coil loaders (including hydraulic carts, lift tables and platforms)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Conveyors15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Forklifts - see Table B
Overhead cranes and hoists20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2012
Steel coil and steel sheet processing assets:
Blank/sheet turnover machines15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2012
Destacking/stacking machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Washing machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
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
Motor vehicle manufacturing plant (not listed elsewhere):
Basic machinery10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2001
Tooling (i.e. jigs, dies, press tools and specialty attachments such as working heads and work-holding tools)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jan 2001
Non-ferrous metal casting assets - see Table A Non-ferrous metal casting (21410)
Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing:
Bus vehicle body assembly assets (on supplied motor and chassis) - see Table A Motor vehicle manufacturing (23110), bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets)
Truck body manufacturing assets - see Table A Motor vehicle manufacturing (23110), bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets)
Other motor vehicle parts manufacturing:
Metal stamping and blanking assets - see Table A Motor vehicle manufacturing (23110), metal stamping and blanking assets
Piston ring manufacturing plant:
Engineering works plant20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2001
Motors20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2001
Overhead gear, equipment, belting etc20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2001
Precision machines13 ⅓ years15.00%7.50%1 Jan 2001
Railway rolling stock manufacturing and repair services:
Support assets:
Control system assets (including supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and vehicle preparation systems)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Rail vehicle moving and placing assets (including crabs, shunting locomotives and trackmobiles)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Vehicle progression systems assets (including rabbits)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES:
Solid waste collection services:
Bin delivery vehicle cranes/bin and skip lifters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
WHOLESALE TRADE:
Trailers - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones/remotely piloted aircraft) - see Table B Unmanned aerial vehicles
RETAIL TRADE:
Motor vehicle tyre or tube retailing:
Air tools (including ratchet guns)2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2011
Compressed air assets:
Air compressors:
Reciprocating10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Rotary screw10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Rotary vane10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Air driers and dehumidifiers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Air receivers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Hose reels3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Reticulation lines:
Aluminium15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Copper20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Polyethylene (PE)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Steel10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Floor jacks:
Used for car and light truck repairs3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Used for heavy vehicle repairs5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Hand tools10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Stillages15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Storage shelving10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Tyre conveyors:
Horizontal10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Vertical8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Tyre fitting machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Tyre inflation cages10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Tyre inflators (automatic and manual)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Tyre spreaders8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle hoists:
Used for car and light truck repairs10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Used for heavy vehicle repairs20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Wheel alignment machines7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Wheel balancing machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Wheel balancing plates, flanges and finger adaptors5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Wheel lifters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Wheel lifters (incorporating tyre spreaders)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Road transport:
Motor vehicles and trailers:
Buses having a gross vehicle mass of more than 3.5 tonnes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
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
Light commercial vehicles designed to carry a load of one tonne or greater and having a gross vehicle mass of 3.5 tonnes or less12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2005
Limousines:
Sedan limousines6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2016
Stretch limousines12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2016
Minibuses having a gross vehicle mass of 3.5 tonnes or less and designed to carry 9 or more passengers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2005
Trailers having a gross vehicle mass greater than 4.5 tonnes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
Trailers having a gross vehicle mass of 4.5 tonnes or less:
Aluminium, galvanised steel, galvanised hot dipped steel and powder coated trailers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Mild steel trailers (painted and unpainted)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Trucks having a gross vehicle mass greater than 3.5 tonnes (excluding off highway trucks used in mining operations)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
Tramway and light rail passenger transport services:
Infrastructure assets:
Communication, computer and passenger support assets:
Automatic vehicle monitoring computer systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Automatic vehicle monitoring tram borne equipment (including transponders)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2010
Rail freight and passenger transport services:
Infrastructure assets:
Trackwork (incorporating rails, sleepers, ballast, permanent way/top 600, and integral bridges, culverts and tunnels):
Freight (trackwork used by vehicles with gross axle loads of 30 tonnes and below per vehicle):
Heavy haul (trackwork carrying >20 GMT per annum)30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jan 2002
Light haul (trackwork carrying <1 GMT per annum)50 years4.00%2.00%1 Jan 2002
Medium haul (trackwork carrying between 1 GMT and 20 GMT per annum)40 years5.00%2.50%1 Jan 2002
Freight (trackwork used by vehicles with gross axle loads above 30 tonnes per vehicle)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2002
Monorail operation assets:
Infrastructure assets:
Communication, computer and passenger assets:
Rescue and recovery vehicles30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2010
Track and maintenance assets:
Maintenance vehicles15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2010
Water transport and support services:
Commercial vessels:
Passenger vessels (including cruise vessels, skippered charter vessels, vehicle and passenger ferries, semi submersible vessels and water taxis):
Longer than 10 metres20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Not longer than 10 metres15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2009
Scenic and sightseeing transport:
Monocable circulating detachable, reversible and fixed ropeway assets operated in non-snowfield areas:
Rescue vehicles30 years6.67%3.33%1 Jul 2009
Airport operations and other air transport support services:
Airport assets:
Fire safety and rescue assets:
Fire fighting vehicles20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jan 2003
Fuel supply assets:
Aircraft fueller vehicles15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2003
Aircraft hydrant dispenser vehicles15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2003
Ground support assets:
Aircraft loader/unloader vehicles15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2003
Aircraft stairs:
Vehicle mounted15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2003
High lift service vehicles (including catering, lavatory, maintenance and water vehicles)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2003
Other transport support services n.e.c.:
Electronic toll collection assets:
Digital measuring instruments (including vehicle classifiers (laser or infrared) and electronic toll collection readers (radio frequency))4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2005
Other warehousing and storage services:
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Battery assets for warehouse vehicles (including pallet trucks and forklifts):
Batteries (detachable for recharging)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Battery chargers:
Forklifts11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2011
Other10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Handling assets:
Battery tuggers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Racking roller beds15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Transfer carts10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Washers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Radio frequency terminal assets:
Portable/handheld and vehicle mounted terminal devices4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Motion picture and video activities:
Grips' assets:
Tracking vehicles and insert trailers - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Radio broadcasting:
Mobile production vehicles (excluding the assets contained within) - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Television broadcasting:
Mobile production vehicles (excluding the assets contained within) - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Transmitting masts (for mobile production vehicles)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2005
RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES:
Rental and hiring services (except real estate):
Recreational vehicles:
Campervans and motorhomes:
Vehicles having a gross vehicle mass greater than 3 tonnes and 4WD vehicles5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Vehicles having a gross vehicle mass of 3 tonnes or less8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2015
Caravans and camper trailers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2015
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Surveying and mapping services:
Laser scanners - vehicle mounted - ground LIDAR5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones/remotely piloted aircraft):
Fixed wing3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Rotary wing2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2015
Unmanned surface vehicles4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015
Professional photographic services:
Support assets:
Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones/remotely piloted aircraft) - rotary2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2015
ARTS AND RECREATION SERVICES:
Horse training (racing):
Arena and track maintenance assets:
Quad bikes/All-terrain vehicles (ATVs)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2021
Support assets:
Horse trucks - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Amusement parks and centres operation and amusement and other recreational activities n.e.c.:
Amusement machines and equipment:
Rides and devices (fixed or mobile):
Self-drive non-powered gravity rides (including toboggans and bob-sleds):
Vehicle5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2002
Self-drive powered rides (including dodgems and go-karts):
Vehicle5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2002
OTHER SERVICES:
Automotive repair and maintenance:
Automotive and heavy vehicle repair and maintenance assets:
Air conditioning assets:
Refrigerant leak detectors3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Refrigerant management systems5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Refrigerant recovery machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Refrigerant recovery and recycling machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Vacuum pumps5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Air tools (including ratchet guns)2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2011
Automatic transmission flush and fill machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Axle and ball joint play testers or shakers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Battery chargers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Battery testers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Brake disc and drum grinding lathes:
Fixed10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Portable on-car5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Brake fluid testers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Brake shoe riveters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Brake system flushers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Compressed air assets:
Air compressors:
Reciprocating10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Rotary screw10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Rotary vane10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Air driers and dehumidifiers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Air receivers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Hose reels3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Reticulation lines:
Aluminium15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Copper20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Polyethylene (PE)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Steel10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Continuous diesel engine particulate testers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Cooling system flushers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Decelerometer brake testers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Diagnostic assets:
Diagnostic and roller dynamometers, performance and emissions testers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Engine analysers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Electrical test benches10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Fuel injection pump test benches5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Oscilloscopes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Scan tools5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Diesel engine emission testers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Drill presses15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Drive-on plate brake, steering and suspension testing machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Drive-on shock absorber testers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Dual wheel removers8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Effluent treatment systems incorporating motors, electronic circuitry, pumps, and separators8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Engine cranes10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Exhaust gas analysers for petrol engines:
Computer operated5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Standalone10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Exhaust stands11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2011
Flywheel grinders13 years15.38%7.69%1 Jul 2011
Hand tools10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Headlight testers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Hydraulic brake hose machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Hydraulic presses10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Jacks:
Floor jacks:
Used for car and light truck repairs3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Used for heavy vehicle repairs5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Transmission jacks:
Used for car and light truck repairs8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Used for heavy vehicle repairs5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle positioning jacks3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Lathes20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Measuring assets:
Micrometers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Tension wrenches5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Tyre pressure gauges5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Noise level meters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Oil and grease delivery systems:
Bunding:
Polyethylene (PE) pallets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Rubber3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Distribution lines:
Polyethylene (PE)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Rubber3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Steel10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Guns and pumps3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Reels:
Plastic3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Steel7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Tanks (including waste oil tanks)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Oil filter crushers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Parts cleaners and washers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Pipe and tube benders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Pipe and tube saws and cutters10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Power steering flushing systems5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Pressure washers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Sand blasters7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Spring compressors5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Stillages15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Storage shelving10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Toolbox roller cabinets7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Trolleys10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Truck brake imbalance testers5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Tyre conveyors:
Horizontal10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Vertical8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Tyre fitting machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Tyre inflation cages10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Tyre inflators (automatic and manual)3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2011
Tyre spreaders8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle hoists:
Used for car and light truck repairs10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Used for heavy vehicle repairs20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle service and inspection lane assets:
Control consoles10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Data collection devices (including bar code readers, mobile recorders and transponders)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Floor unit assets:
Axle and ball joint play testers or shakers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Roller brake testers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Shock absorber testers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Side slip testers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Speedometer tester10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Suspension play detectors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Vehicle special tools5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Waste oil evacuators5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Welders:
Electric10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Oxy-acetylene10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Wheel alignment machines7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2011
Wheel balancing machines5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Wheel balancing plates, flanges and finger adaptors5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Wheel lifters5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Wheel lifter incorporating tyre spreaders8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Work platform ladders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Automotive body, paint and interior repair n.e.c.:
Car wash and detailing assets:
Large vehicle wash assets:
Hoists20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2009
Side brush cleaning system assets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Other machinery and equipment repair and maintenance:
Agriculture, construction and mining heavy machinery and equipment repair and maintenance assets:
Field service assets:
Trailers:
Generally (including comb trailers and tilt trailers) - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Workshop assets:
Diagnostic, measuring and testing assets:
Vehicle specific diagnostic assets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Lifting assets:
Vehicle lifters (including mobile column lifts and post hoists)20 years10.00%5.00%1 Jul 2015
Tooling:
Vehicle specific specialised tooling5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Funeral, crematorium and cemetery services:
General assets:
Transfer vehicles (including fitouts) - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers - Generally
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Advertising signs:
Billboard assets:
Mobile billboard assets:
Mobile billboard trucks and trailers - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Car park assets:
Parking guidance assets:
Automatic vehicle counter systems (incorporating counter modules and signage)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Drones/remotely piloted aircraft - see Table B Unmanned aerial vehicles
Fogging machines (insecticide, including cold foggers and thermal foggers):
Vehicle mounted10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Motor vehicles and trailers:
Buses having a gross vehicle mass of more than 3.5 tonnes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
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
Garbage compactor trucks - see Table A Solid waste collection services (29110)
Light commercial vehicles designed to carry a load of one tonne or greater and having a gross vehicle mass of 3.5 tonnes or less12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2005
Limousines:
Sedan limousines6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2016
Stretch limousines12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jul 2016
Minibuses having a gross vehicle mass of 3.5 tonnes or less and designed to carry 9 or more passengers12 years16.67%8.33%1 Jan 2005
Motorcycles (including courier motorcycles and mailbox delivery motorcycles)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2015
Scooters3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Trailers having a gross vehicle mass greater than 4.5 tonnes15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
Trailers having a gross vehicle mass of 4.5 tonnes or less:
Aluminium, galvanised steel, galvanised hot dipped steel and powder coated trailers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2015
Mild steel trailers (painted and unpainted)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Trucks having a gross vehicle mass greater than 3.5 tonnes (excluding off highway trucks used in mining operations)15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jan 2005
Trailers - see Table B Motor vehicles and trailers
Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones/remotely piloted aircraft):
Fixed wing3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2015
Rotary wing2 years100.00%50.00%1 Jul 2015
Warehouse and distribution centre equipment and machines:
Battery assets for warehouse vehicles (including pallet trucks and forklifts):
Batteries (detachable for recharging)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2011
Battery chargers:
Forklifts11 years18.18%9.09%1 Jul 2011
Other10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Handling assets:
Battery tuggers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Racking roller beds15 years13.33%6.67%1 Jul 2011
Transfer carts10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Washers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Radio frequency terminal assets:
Portable/handheld and vehicle mounted terminal devices4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011

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Source: TR 2022/1