Taxation Ruling

TR 2019/5

Income tax: effective life of depreciating assets (applicable from 1 July 2019)

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This Ruling, which applies from 1 July 2019, replaces TR 2018/4 (see paragraph 5 of this Ruling for further details).

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Construction - (30110 to 32990)

CONSTRUCTION
(30110 to 32990)

ASSET	LIFE (YEARS)	REVIEWED	DATE OF APPLICATION
Air compressors:
Compressors - reciprocating	7	*	1 Jul 2008
Compressors - rotary screw	10	*	1 Jul 2008
Backhoe loaders	9	*	1 Jul 2002
Bending machines (bar, angle or rod)	10	*	1 Jul 2008
Block and brick elevators (portable)	10	*	1 Jul 2008
Chain blocks, rod shears, jacks etc	13 ⅓		1 Jan 2001
Compaction:
Compactors - flat plate	8	*	1 Jul 2008
Compactors - vertical rammer	6	*	1 Jul 2008
Concreting assets:
Brick and paving saws	5	*	1 Jul 2008
Buggies or dumpers (motorised)	5		1 Jan 2001
Concrete demolition saws	3	*	1 Jul 2008
Concrete kibble buckets	15	*	1 Jul 2008
Concrete mixers	4	*	1 Jul 2008
Concrete surface preparation assets (including floor grinders, planers and scarifiers)	5	*	1 Jul 2008
Concrete trowels:
Ride on	7	*	1 Jul 2008
Walk behind	5	*	1 Jul 2008
Concrete vibrating screeders	5	*	1 Jul 2008
Concrete vibrators:
Brushcutter style	5	*	1 Jul 2008
Drive units	6	*	1 Jul 2008
Flexible shaft pumps	6	*	1 Jul 2008
Vibrating shaft	3	*	1 Jul 2008
Concrete wheeled saws	6	*	1 Jul 2008
Hoppers, skips and hoist buckets	10		1 Jan 2001
Mobile concrete pumping units	6 ⅔		1 Jan 2001
Cranes (mobile):
Light and medium	15	*	1 Jul 2002
Heavy (over 15.24 tonnes lift)	20	*	1 Jul 2002
Tower and hoists	10		1 Jan 2001
Dozers/front end loaders	9	*	1 Jul 2002
Forklifts	11	*	1 Jul 2002
Formwork, beams and props, steel	10	*	1 Jul 2008
Hydraulic excavators	10	*	1 Jul 2002
Lift slab assets (incorporating spreader bars, clutches, pulleys and cables)	5	*	1 Jul 2008
Mini excavators	8	*	1 Jul 2002
Motor graders	10	*	1 Jul 2002
Pavers	12	*	1 Jul 2002
Power supply assets:
Generators, portable (incorporating attached engine management and generator monitoring instruments):
Diesel	10	*	1 Jul 2008
Petrol	5	*	1 Jul 2008
Power tools:
Chain saws	3	*	1 Jul 2008
Hand tools:
Air	5	*	1 Jul 2008
Battery	3	*	1 Jul 2008
Electric	5	*	1 Jul 2008
Jack hammers:
Air	7	*	1 Jul 2008
Electric	3	*	1 Jul 2008
Nail guns - air	3	*	1 Jul 2008
Profilers	10	*	1 Jul 2002
Pumps	10		1 Jan 2001
Road rollers	15	*	1 Jul 2002
Saws, bench and mitre, portable	7	*	1 Jul 2008
Scrapers	8	*	1 Jul 2002
Skid steer loaders	7	*	1 Jul 2002
Stabiliser recyclers	12	*	1 Jul 2002
Surveying assets (including levels) - see Table A Surveying and mapping services (69220)
Telescopic handlers	10	*	1 Jul 2002
Tool carriers	10	*	1 Jul 2002
Track loaders	9	*	1 Jul 2002
Traffic management assets (use the relevant lives given under Table A Rental and hiring services (66110 to 67200), whether or not the assets are in fact hired or leased)
Welders:
Diesel	10	*	1 Jul 2008
Electric	5	*	1 Jul 2008
Wheel loaders	8	*	1 Jul 2002
Winches	13 ⅓		1 Jan 2001

*Other heavy and civil engineering construction n.e.c.* *(31099)*
ASSET	LIFE (YEARS)	REVIEWED	DATE OF APPLICATION
Automatic welding machines (used at sea in construction of submarine pipelines)	10		1 Jan 2001