Taxation Ruling
TR 2022/1
Income tax: effective life of depreciating assets (applicable from 1 July 2022)
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Please note that the PDF version is the authorised version of this ruling.This Ruling, which applies from 1 July 2022, replaces TR 2021/3 (see paragraph 6 of this Ruling for further details).
Health care and social assistance - (84010 to 87900)
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HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
(84010 to 87900) |
| ASSET |
LIFE
(YEARS) |
REVIEWED |
DATE OF
APPLICATION |
| Medical assets (used in common across all health care industry segments): | |||
| Benchtop sterilisers | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Benchtop ultrasonic cleaners | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Clinical furniture | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| X-ray viewers | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
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Hospitals
(84010 to 84020) |
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| ASSET |
LIFE
(YEARS) |
REVIEWED |
DATE OF
APPLICATION |
| Hospital assets: | |||
| Anaesthesia machines | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Angiography assets: | |||
| Image acquisition systems (incorporating computers with digital subtraction capability, digital cameras, monitors and integrated software) | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Image intensifiers | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Patient gantries or tables, patient monitoring assets, positioning assets and pressure injectors | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Cell savers and cell separators | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Colposcopes | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Defibrillators | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Diathermy and cautery machines/electrosurgical generators | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Endoscopic surgery assets (excluding disposable accessories): | |||
| Arthroscopic fluid management systems | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Endoscopes (flexible and rigid) and endoscopic surgical instruments | 4 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Endoscopic camera systems: | |||
| Beam splitters and light sources | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Printers, video cameras, video camera adaptors, couplers and heads, video image capture systems and video processors | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Still cameras | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Video monitors and video recorders | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Endoscopic electrosurgical generators | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Endoscopic lasers | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Endoscopic ultrasound systems (incorporating scanner, transducers/probes, integrated computer and integrated software) | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Haemodialysis machines | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Head lights | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Hospital furniture: | |||
| Beds: | |||
| Electronic | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Mechanical | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Bedside cabinets/lockers, carts and poles, blanket warming cabinets, blood warming cabinets, medical refrigerators and overbed tables | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Infusion pumps: | |||
| General, pain management and rapid | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Syringe driven | 6 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Insufflators | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Lithotriptors used for extra-corporeal shock wave lithotripsy | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Mechanical assist assets: | |||
| Calf and cuff compression devices | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Cardiac bypass and heart lung machines | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Intra-aortic balloon pumps | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Ventricular assist heart pumps | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Natal care assets (including incubators, infant warmers and mobile infant warmers) | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Operating tables and attachments: | |||
| Electronic | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Mechanical | 13 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Operating theatre lights | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Pan flushers | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Patient hoists and lifters | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Patient monitoring assets: | |||
| Bedside monitoring systems | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Cardiac monitors | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| ECGs | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Foetal monitors | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Pulse oximeters | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Vital signs monitors | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Patient warming assets (excluding disposable accessories): | |||
| Fluid warmers | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Forced air patient warmers | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Smoke evacuators | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Sterilisation and autoclave processing assets: | |||
| Drying cabinets | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Endoscope sterilisers and disinfectors | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Flash sterilisers | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Instrument washers | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Pre-vacuum sterilisers | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Ultrasonic cleaners and baths | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Surgical instruments: | |||
| Hand held manually operated instruments | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Powered instruments (including drills, saws, shavers, non-disposable instrument accessories and power sources) | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Ultrasonic aspirators | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Ultrasonic scalpels | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Surgical lasers (excluding ophthalmic surgical lasers) | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Surgical microscopes | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Ultrasonic bladder scanners | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Ultrasonic needle guides | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Ultrasound systems (incorporating scanner, transducers, integrated computer and integrated software) used by cardiologists, obstetricians and vascular surgeons | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Ventilators: | |||
| Fixed | 7 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Portable | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
| Wheelchairs | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2003 |
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General practice medical services
(85110) |
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| ASSET |
LIFE
(YEARS) |
REVIEWED |
DATE OF
APPLICATION |
| Anatomical medical models, plastic | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Autoclaves and sterilisers | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Automated ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) measurement devices | 6 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) - see Table B | |||
| Blood coagulation (INR) meters | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Cryosurgical assets: | |||
| Cryosurgical flasks and guns | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Liquid nitrogen storage dewers and tanks | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Dermatoscopes | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Ear irrigators | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Electrocardiograph (ECG) machines | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Examination lights: | |||
| Desktop/trolley | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Procedure | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Foetal heart monitors, external | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Hyfrecators - electrosurgical units | 6 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Magnifying loupes | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Medical examination beds (adjustable/electric) | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Medical plaster saws | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Medical refrigerators | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Nebulisers | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Ophthalmoscopes, direct and otoscopes | 6 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Oxygen tank regulators | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Portable observation machines (including vital signs monitors) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Privacy curtains and rails | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Pulse oximeters | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Resuscitation kits | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Saddle chairs | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Scales: | |||
| Baby scales | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| General, heavy duty, mother/baby scales | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Sphygmomanometers (including aneroid and digital) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Spirometers | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Stethoscopes | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Suction machines, portable | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Surgical instruments (including forceps, needle holders, scissors, skin graft knives) | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Thermometers, digital | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Trolleys (including instrument and treatment trolleys) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Wheelchairs | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| X-ray viewers | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
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Specialist medical services n.e.c.
(85129) |
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| ASSET |
LIFE
(YEARS) |
REVIEWED |
DATE OF
APPLICATION |
| Neurologists' assets: | |||
| Electroencephalography (EEG) systems (incorporating electrodes, amplifiers, integrated software and integrated computers) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Electromyography (EMG) systems (incorporating electrodes, amplifiers, integrated software and integrated computers) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Thoracic physicians' assets: | |||
| Body plethysmographs (incorporating flow sensors, gas analysers, integrated software and integrated computers) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and variable positive airway pressure (VPAP) systems | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Lung function analysis exercise systems (incorporating flow sensors, treadmills or ergometers, ECGs, pulse oximeters, integrated software and integrated computers) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Lung function analysis systems (incorporating flow sensors, gas analysers, integrated software and integrated computers) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Spirometers | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Sleep laboratory systems (incorporating amplifiers, sensors, integrated CPAP monitors, integrated carbon dioxide (C0 2 ) monitors, integrated pulse oximeters, integrated computers and integrated software) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
|
Pathology and diagnostic imaging services
(85201, 85202, 85203 and 85209) |
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| ASSET |
LIFE
(YEARS) |
REVIEWED |
DATE OF
APPLICATION |
| Pathologists' assets: | |||
| Batch slide stainer | 6 | * | 1 Jan 2002 |
| Bio hazard chambers | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2002 |
| Centrifuges | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2002 |
| Incubators | 6 | * | 1 Jan 2002 |
| Laboratory analysers | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2002 |
| Microscopes | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2002 |
| Rotary microtomes | 6 | * | 1 Jan 2002 |
| Tissue embedding systems | 6 | * | 1 Jan 2002 |
| Tissue processors | 6 | * | 1 Jan 2002 |
| Radiologists' diagnostic imaging assets: | |||
| Bone densitometry (BMD) systems (incorporating either whole body scanners, integrated computer andintegrated software, or spine and hip scanners, holding devices, integrated computers and integrated software) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Computed radiography (CR) digitisers | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Computed tomography (CT) systems (incorporating scanners, integrated computers and integrated software) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Film digitisers | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Fluoroscopy assets (excluding direct radiography assets): | |||
| Fixed systems (incorporating buckies, generators, screening tables and suspensions) | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Image acquisition systems (incorporating computers, digital cameras, integrated software and monitors) | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Image intensifiers | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Mobile systems (incorporating buckies, generators, screening tables and suspensions) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems (incorporating scanners, cooling systems, radio frequency coil accessories, integrated computer and integrated software) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Mammography systems (incorporating either prone core biopsy scanners, quality assurance equipment, stereotaxis, integrated computers and integrated software, or conventional upright scanners, quality assurance equipment, stereotaxis, integrated computer and integrated software) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Nuclear medicine systems (incorporating cameras, gantries, collimators, integrated computers, integrated software and hot lab equipment, but excluding Positron Emission Tomography (PET) systems) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Orthopantomography (OPG) systems (incorporating scanners, integrated computers and integrated software) | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Patient archival and communication systems (PACS) | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Processing assets: | |||
| Daylight imaging processors | 9 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Dry laser imaging processors | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Wet laser imaging processors | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Teleradiology assets (excluding the imaging device) | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Ultrasound systems (incorporating scanner, transducers, integrated computer and integrated software) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| X-ray assets (excluding direct radiography assets): | |||
| Fixed systems (incorporating buckies, control panels, generators, screening table, suspensions, tube column and x-ray tube) | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Image intensifier | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
| Mobile systems (incorporating buckies, control panels, generators, screening table, suspensions, tube column and x-ray tube) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2002 |
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Dental services
(85310) |
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| ASSET |
LIFE
(YEARS) |
REVIEWED |
DATE OF
APPLICATION |
| Dentists' assets: | |||
| Air abrasion units | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Air compressors | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Amalgamators | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Amalgam separators | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Computerised (CAD/CAM) ceramic restoration systems: | |||
| Imaging units | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Milling units | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Curing lights (halogen) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Dental chairs | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Dental instruments: | |||
| Hand-held manually operated instruments | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Handpieces (driven by compressed air, compressed gas or electricity) | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Dental lasers: | |||
| Hard tissue and soft tissue lasers | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Soft tissue and whitening lasers | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Soft tissue lasers | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Dental loupes | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Dental operating lights | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Dental units | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Dental x-ray assets: | |||
| Conventional x-ray film systems (incorporating control boxes, swing arms and x-ray heads, but excluding orthopantomogram (OPG) systems) | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Digital x-ray systems (including intra-oral storage phosphor plate systems and intra-oral digital sensor systems) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Intra-oral x-ray film processors | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Handpiece cleaners | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Intra-oral camera systems (incorporating camera and integrated processor/docking station) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Nitrous oxide sedation units | 20 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Oral surgical motors | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Suction units | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Ultrasonic scalers (standalone) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
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Optometry and optical dispensing
(85320) |
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| ASSET |
LIFE
(YEARS) |
REVIEWED |
DATE OF
APPLICATION |
| Optical assets: | |||
| Automatic refractometers/keratometers | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Cameras (including anterior segment cameras, retinal cameras, fundus cameras): | |||
| Analogue | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Digital | 4 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Colour vision testers (automated) | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Corneal topography systems | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Examination chairs | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Glaucoma diagnostic assets (including ocular coherence tomographs (OCTs), scanning laser ophthalmoscopes and scanning laser polarimeters) | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Keratometers (Ophthalmometers): | |||
| Automated | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Manual | 12 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Ophthalmic surgery assets: | |||
| Microkeratome | 3 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Ophthalmic cryo surgery systems | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Ophthalmic diathermy surgery systems | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Ophthalmic lasers: | |||
| Non-refractive | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Refractive (including eye tracking systems) | 4 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Phacoemulsification systems | 4 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Pupillometers (used for refractive surgery) | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Vitrectomy systems | 4 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Wave front analysers | 4 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Ophthalmic viewers | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Ophthalmoscopes: | |||
| Direct (including power supply) | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Indirect | 9 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Optical dispensing assets - see Table A Photographic, optical and ophthalmic equipment manufacturing (24110) | |||
| Refraction units (including examination chair, instrument arms, table and light source) | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Refractometers (automated) | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Slit lamp biomicroscopes: | |||
| Hand-held | 9 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Mounted | 12 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Telemedicine digital imaging systems (excluding imaging devices) | 4 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Tonometers: | |||
| Contact tonometers: | |||
| Applanation: | |||
| Hand-held | 6 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Mounted | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Electronic | 6 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Non-contact tonometers: | |||
| Hand-held | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Table mounted | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Trial lens sets | 20 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Ultrasound diagnostic assets (including A-scan biometers, A/B scan biometers, B-scan biometers, laser interference biometers, pachymeters and ultrasound biomicroscopes (UBMs)) | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Visual acuity testing assets: | |||
| Automated vision testers | 6 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Manual vision testers (phoropters) | 12 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Visual acuity charts (illuminated) | 10 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Visual acuity chart projectors (automated) | 8 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
| Visual field testing assets (perimeters) - automated | 5 | * | 1 Jan 2004 |
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Podiatry services
(85399) |
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| ASSET |
LIFE
(YEARS) |
REVIEWED |
DATE OF
APPLICATION |
| Podiatrists' assets: | |||
| Computerised orthoses manufacturing assets: | |||
| Carving mills | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Contact pin digitisers | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Doppler vascularscopes | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Electric nail drills: | |||
| Dust extraction drills | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Portable dust extraction drills | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Water and alcohol based spray drills | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Examination/magnifying lamps | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Footrests | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Gait analysis assets: | |||
| Computerised systems (incorporating in-shoe pressure analysis or platform based pressure mats, integrated hardware and integrated software) | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Non-computerised: | |||
| Treadmills | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Video cameras | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Video monitors and video recorders | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Orthotic benchtop grinders | 6 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Patient chairs | 12 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Podiatric instruments | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Vacuum presses | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Vascular neurological assessment assets: | |||
| Monofilaments | 2 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
| Tuning forks | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2003 |
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Retirement village and accommodation for the aged operation
(86011 to 86012) |
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| ASSET |
LIFE
(YEARS) |
REVIEWED |
DATE OF
APPLICATION |
| Assistance and medical assets: | |||
| Beds: | |||
| Electronic (including hi-lo and lo-lo beds) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Mechanical | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2004 |
| Bedside cabinets, lockers and overbed tables | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Blood pressure machines | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Call systems | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Chairs: | |||
| Commode | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Electronic recliner (including electric lift) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Fallout/floating/princess | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Shower | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Wheelchair - electric, manual, tilt in space | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Defibrillators | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Drug safes | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Electronic arms for toilets | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Hoists: | |||
| Ceiling (incorporating tracks) | 12 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Mobile (floor, full, standing) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Lifting slings | 2 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Mattresses: | |||
| Air | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Foam | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Medication trolleys | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Mobile suction machines | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Pan flushers/pan sanitisers | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Sensor beams and sensor mats | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Shower trolleys/mobile baths | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Syringe driven infusion pumps | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Treatment trolleys | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Walking belts | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Walking frames (including forearm walkers) | 12 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Weighing machines and scales (including chair scales and wheelchair scales) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Common area assets: | |||
| Artificial grass/synthetic lawn (removable without damage) | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Audio visual assets | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Carpets - see Table B Floor coverings (removable without damage) | |||
| Curtains and drapes - see Table B Curtains and drapes | |||
| Furniture: | |||
| General/indoor | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Outdoor | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Hair salon assets (including chairs and dryers) | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Hot water dispensers | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Television sets | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Window blinds - see Table B Window blinds | |||
| Fitness and recreation assets: | |||
| Billiard/pool tables | 20 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Bowling greens - artificial grass or carpet (removable without damage) | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Gymnasium and exercise equipment | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Support assets: | |||
| Annunciator panels | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Boilers - see Table B Boilers | |||
| Buggies to transport people | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Cleaning carts and trolleys - see Table B Cleaning carts and trolleys | |||
| Cool rooms - see Table B Refrigeration assets | |||
| Electronic mops and floor scrubbers | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Hot water systems (excluding commercial boilers and piping) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Kitchen assets: | |||
| Blast chillers | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Bowl mixers | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Dishwashers | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Food preparation assets - large commercial type (including cooktops, fryers, multi-function centres, self-cooking centres, single tray meal service, soup kettles, stoves) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Hot food display and warming assets (including bain marie, banquet units, buffet units, hot boxes, plate warmers) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Ice making machines | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Kitchen trolleys | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Small appliances (including blenders, food processors, meat slicers, stick mixers) | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Toasters | 6 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Laundry assets: | |||
| Dryers | 12 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Spring loaded trolleys | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Washing machines | 12 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Lockers, freestanding - see Table B Lockers, freestanding | |||
| Master antenna television (MATV) assets - see Table A Residential property operators (67110) | |||
| Refrigerators (including controlled temperature medication refrigerators) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Swimming pool assets: | |||
| Dehumidifiers | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
| Filtration equipment (including chlorinators and pumps) - see Table B Swimming pool assets | |||
| Pool covers (including blankets) - see Table B Swimming pool assets | |||
| Vacuum cleaners, ride on | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2019 |
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Child care services
(87100) |
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| ASSET |
LIFE
(YEARS) |
REVIEWED |
DATE OF
APPLICATION |
| Audio visual assets | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Augmented reality (AR) interactive sandboxes (incorporating projectors) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Electronic whiteboards (including touch screen interactive digital boards) | 6 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Furniture used by children, freestanding: | |||
| Age specific (including cots, changing tables, floor sleeping mattresses, high and low feeding chairs, and stackable beds) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Carpet mats (including rugs and floor mats/cushions) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Others (including bookcases, chairs and sofas, coat/dress-up racks, easels, room dividers, tables and storage shelving units) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Play area assets: | |||
| Furniture, freestanding (including tables, seating and toy storage boxes) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Pet enclosures and structures, freestanding (including bird aviaries, chicken coops, fish tanks, guinea pig cages and rabbit hutches) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Playground flooring: | |||
| Artificial grass/synthetic lawn | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Soft fall flooring (including wet pour rubber and rubber mats) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Playsets (including cubby houses, forts, slides, swing sets and trestle frames) | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Pole and post padding/protectors | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Sandpits, freestanding (including portable sandpits and sandpit covers) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Tents, portable (including gazebos, marquees and tepee play tents) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Toys (not specified elsewhere) | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Tricycles and bicycles (including balance bicycles and tricycle scooters) | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Water play area filtration assets and water pumps | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Support assets: | |||
| Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) - see Table B Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) | |||
| Fascia signs (including freestanding signs) - see Table B Advertising signs | |||
| Fire control and alarm assets - see Table B Fire control and alarm assets | |||
| Floor coverings - see Table B Floor coverings (removable without damage) | |||
| Garden sheds, freestanding | 15 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Hand dryers - see Table B Hand dryers (electrical) | |||
| Kiosk stands, freestanding | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Kitchen assets: | |||
| Dishwashers | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Food cooking assets (including combination ovens, cooktops, fryers, soup kettles and stoves) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Grease traps | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Kitchen trolleys | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Microwave ovens | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Refrigerators/freezers | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Small appliances (including blenders, food processors, mixers and toasters) | 4 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Laundry assets: | |||
| Dryers | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Washing machines | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Reception furniture, freestanding (including lobby chairs, desks, lounges, sofas and tables) - see Table B Office furniture, freestanding | |||
| Security and monitoring assets - see Table B Security and monitoring assets | |||
| Steam cleaners | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Strollers: | |||
| Commercial multi seat (including buggies) | 10 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Others | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Time attendance devices (including fingerprint and vein scanners) | 7 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Vacuum cleaners | 3 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Table games | 5 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
| Television sets | 8 | * | 1 Jul 2020 |
References
ATO references:
NO 1-SY3H7A0
Previous Rulings/Determinations:
TR 2017/2
TR 2018/4
TR 2019/5
TR 2020/3
TR 2021/3
ISSN: 2205-6122
Subject References:
depreciation
depreciation rate
effective life
Legislative References:
ITAA 1997 Div 40
ITAA 1997 40-25
ITAA 1997 40-25(7)
ITAA 1997 40-70(1)
ITAA 1997 40-72(1)
ITAA 1997 40-75(1)
ITAA 1997 40-95
ITAA 1997 40-95(4)
ITAA 1997 40-95(5)
ITAA 1997 40-95(7)
ITAA 1997 40-100
ITAA 1997 40-100(5)
ITAA 1997 40-100(6)(b)
ITAA 1997 40-102
ITAA 1997 40-102(4)
ITAA 1997 40-102(4A)
ITAA 1997 40-102(5)
ITAA 1997 40-105
ITAA 1997 40-110
ITAA 1997 40-345(2)
IT(TP)A 1997 Subdiv 40-BB
Other References:
Income Tax (Effective Life of Depreciating Assets) Amendment Determination (No 1) 2022