Taxation Ruling

IT 2103

Addendum to Income Tax Order No. 1217 rates of depreciation

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PREAMBLE

Since the publication of the 1979 addendum to Income Tax Order No. 1217 the following rates of depreciation have been determined in terms of sub-section 55(1) of the ITAA 1936. A revision of Income Tax Order No. 1217 will be published as soon as is practicable.

RULING

  Percentage Allowed
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New or changed Items Prime Cost Method Diminishing Value Method
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Amusement Machines and Equipment -
     Hot air balloons
     - envelope and cane basket 33 1/3 50
     - associated equipment (inflator fan, burner unit, fuel cylinders) 10 15
     Jet Ski - "Kawasaki" 25 37 1/2
     Skating surface - synthetic ("Newice" panels) 10 15
     Video
     - Cassette Libraries (used for hire) 50 75
     - Game Machines 20 30
     Waterslide and associated equipment 5 7 1/2
Beds - electric 7 1/2 11 1/4
      - hospital 7 1/2 11 1/4
Boats, Ships, Lighters, etc -
     Mini-submarine 7 1/2 11 1/4
     Offshore Supply Vessels 7 1/2 11 1/4
Bottle Washing machine 10 15
Building and Construction Industry -
     Portable Sheds 10 15
Bullet Resistant Screens (not forming part of the building) 5 7 1/2
Cash Registers -
     Programmable or multifunctional 15 22 1/2
Chemical Manufacturing Plant -
     Organic Peroxides Explosion Cell Block 5 7 1/2
Colliery and Coal Mining Plant -
     Dragline 5 7 1/2
     Dragline bucket 10 15
Curtains and drapes (acquired after 30/06/81) 15 22 1/2
Electrical Machinery and Equipment -
     Broadcasting equipment -
     Computer Automated 10 15
     Power Factor Control 5 7 1/2
     Power Station Plant 5 7 1/2
Electric Railway
     Electric Transmission Lines 7 1/2 11 1/4
     - Supporting structures (standards etc)
           Iron or steel 2 1/2 3 3/4
           Concrete, brick or stone 1 1 1/2
     Feeder Station (housing switchgear) No depreciation not plant
     Rolling Stock - Locomotives 7 1/2 11 1/4
                   - Trucks and Wagons 10 15
     Switch Gear 5 7 1/2
     Track structure (Sleepers, rails, ballast, etc) 5 7 1/2
     Bridge Works - Brick Stone or concrete 1 1 1/2
                   - Other 3 4 1/2
Fences - Electric 5 7 1/2
Fish Farming Ponds -
     Earth and Clay 5 7 1/2
Fishing Plant -
     Fish holding baskets 10 15
Gymnasium Equipment 10 15
Hospitals - beds 7 1/2 11 1/4
Hot Air Balloons (see Amusement Machines and Equipment)
Houses and Flats Let Furnished - Curtains and Drapes (acquired after 30/06/81) 15 22 1/2
Lathes - Computer controlled 10 15
Medical Practitioners' Plant -
     Computer Assisted Tomographic Unit 15 22 1/2
     Coronary Investigation Unit 10 15
     Defribillator equipment 10 15
     Hospital Beds 7 1/2 11 1/4
     Nuclear Medicine Equipment 15 22 1/2
     Operating Tables 7 1/2 11 1/4
     Patient Monitoring Equipment 10 15
     Pendants (service point in operating theatres for other equipment) 7 1/2 11 1/4
     Radiological Equipment 10 15
     Silver Recovery Unit 10 15
     Ultra-Sound Unit 10 15
     Ventilators 10 15
     Xerography Unit 10 15
     X-Ray Equipment -
     - Associated Equipment 10 15
     - Image Intensifier with TV Chain and Recording Unit 15 22 1/2
     - Portable Units 10 15
     - Processor and Daylight Loading Equipment 10 15
Milk Treatment Plan -
     Bottling Plant -
           Carton Conveyors 10 15
           Cool Room 5 7 1/2
           Packing Machines 10 15
           Stacker Cranes 10 15
Mining Machinery and Plant -
     Dragline used in Coal Mining 5 7 1/2
     Dragline bucket 10 15
     Shaft drilling equipment used in Oil Exploration 20 30
Motor Garage Equipment -
     Circulating Parts Cleaner -
           Pump 25 37 1/2
           Drum 10 15
Oil Companies' Plant and Machinery -
     Shaft drilling equipment 20 30
Photographer's Plant -
     Automatic Film Processing Machine 15 22 1/2
Planetarium -
     Dome 3 4 1/2
Primary Industries, Farmer's etc,
Plant -
   Fences -
     Electric 5 7 1/2
   Peanut Blanching Plant -
     Blanchers 10 15
     Cooling Equipment (including Control Panel) 7 1/2 11 1/4
     Elevators 10 15
     Exhaust Fans 5 7 1/2
     Gas Tanks and Piping 5 7 1/2
     Pal Boxes 33 1/3 or replacement 50 or replacement
     Roaster and Dryer 10 15
     Storage Surge Bins 5 7 1/2
     Tipping Unit 5 7 1/2
   Tanners' Plant -
     Modern Plant used in "wet" process 7 1/2 11 1/4
     Other 5 7 1/2
Vegetable Processing Equipment 7 1/2 11 1/4
Printers' Plant and Machinery -
Graphic Arts Plant -
     Colour Scanners 10 15
     Guillotines 10 15
     Offset Printers 10 15
     Platemaking Apparatus 10 15
Roller Grills
     Shops - aluminium 7 1/2 11 1/4
Rolling Stock
     Carriages-Suburban Passenger Service 7 1/2 11 1/4
              - Country Passenger Service 5 7 1/2
     Locomotives-Mining and Industry 7 1/2 11 1/4
              - Suburban Passenger Service 7 1/2 11 1/4
              - Country Passenger Service 5 7 1/2
     Trucks, Wagons etc - General Haulage 10 15
Sea Life Centre -
     Fibreglass Aquarium Tanks 5 7 1/2
     Pumps 5 7 1/2
     T.V. Audio System 10 15
     Ketch 7 1/2 11 1/4
Security Systems -
     Bullet Resistant Screens (not forming part of the building) 5 7 1/2
Slot Machines -
     Video Game Machines 20 30
Space Theatre -
     Dome 3 4 1/2
Submarine - Mini 7 1/2 11 1/4
Swimming Pools -
     Concrete 2 3
     Fibreglass 5 7 1/2
     Filtration Equipment 7 1/2 11 1/4
     Other Equipment 7 1/2 11 1/4
Synthetic Lawn Surface 10 15
Tanners' Plant -
     Modern plant used in "wet" process 7 1/2 11 1/4
Telephone Installations owned by Taxpayers -
     Computerised PABX Equipment 5 7 1/2
Tennis Court Equipment
     Plexipave Surfacing 5 7 1/2
     Synthetic Lawn Surfacing 10 15
Video -
     Cassette Libraries (used for hire) 50 75
     Game Machines 20 30
     Recorders (used for hire) 15 22 1/2
     Other 10 15
Waterslide and Associated Equipment 5 7 1/2
Welding Plant -
     Automatic, used at sea on construction of a submarine pipeline 10 15
X-Ray and High Frequency Current Plant -
     Image Intensifier with T.V. Chain and Recording Unit 15 22 1/2
     Associated Equipment 10 15
     Portable Units 10 15
     Processor and Daylight Loading Equipment 10 15

COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION
10 September 1984

References

ATO references:
NO J63/282/4 P1

Subject References:
DEPRECIATION

Legislative References:
55