Taxation Ruling

TR 2019/5

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

Please note that the PDF version is the authorised consolidated version of this ruling and amending notices.

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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ASSET	LIFE (YEARS)	REVIEWED	DATE OF APPLICATION
Packaging machines:
Bagging machines (including flow wrappers, form fill and seal machines, and roll wrapping machines)	10	*	1 Jul 2009
Bag sewers	7	*	1 Jul 2017
Carton erecting, packing and closing machines (including cartoners)	10	*	1 Jul 2009
Case erecting, packing and closing machines (including casepackers)	10	*	1 Jul 2009
Inspection equipment (including checkweighers, metal detectors, counting machines etc)	10	*	1 Jul 2009
Multihead and singlehead weighers	10	*	1 Jul 2009
Palletisers and depalletisers	12	*	1 Jul 2009
Product identification labellers (including decorating, applicators and coding machines)	8	*	1 Jul 2009
Robotic pick and place packaging machines	10	*	1 Jul 2009
Wrapping machines (including pallet wrappers, shrink wrappers, stretch wrappers and strapping machines)	10	*	1 Jul 2017
Partitions (demountable)	20	*	1 Jul 2005
Platform scales	15	*	1 Jul 2014
Plumbing fixtures and fittings (including wall and floor tiles) provided mainly for employees and/or children of employees of an entity carrying on a business for the purpose of producing assessable income:
Floor and wall tiles	20	*	1 Jul 2015
Generally (including basins, bidets, sinks, toilets, urinals etc)	20	*	1 Jul 2015
Tapware (including taps, mixers and shower heads and assemblies)	15	*	1 Jul 2015
Pneumatic air tube systems	10	*	1 Jul 2013
Point of sale assets:
Cash registers, standalone type	10	*	1 Jul 2005
Cash transfer system assets, pneumatic type (including printer circuit board, transfer pipes and turbines)	10	*	1 Jul 2005
Generally (including barcode scanners, cash drawers, dedicated computers, electronic funds transfer point of sale (EFTPOS) machines, keyboards, monitors, printers and terminals)	6	*	1 Jul 2005
Weighing machines and scales (including weigh labelling machines)	10	*	1 Jul 2005
Portable structures (sheds, site office trailers, portable toilets and washrooms etc) used for a temporary period in offsite locations (eg construction sites)	15	*	1 Jul 2014
Powder coating machines and systems (automatic and manual)	10	*	1 Jul 2014
Power regulation systems (PRS)	5	*	1 Jul 2016
Power supply assets:
Emergency or standby:
Generator assets:
Acoustic hoods and canopies	20	*	1 Jul 2005
Generators (incorporating attached engine management and generator monitoring instruments)	25	*	1 Jul 2005
Power management units	15	*	1 Jul 2005
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems	15	*	1 Jul 2013
Generators, portable (incorporating attached engine management and generator monitoring instruments):
Diesel	10	*	1 Jul 2008
Petrol	5	*	1 Jul 2008
Private electricity line assets (where used for a specified purpose ^[58] ):
Distribution lines:
Combination of overhead and underground	47 ½	*	1 Jul 2014
Overhead (incorporating poles - concrete, wood, steel or stobie - and electrical equipment the responsibility of the private landholder such as conductors, cross arms etc)	45	*	1 Jul 2014
Underground (incorporating cables, fittings and ground pad mounted transformers)	50	*	1 Jul 2014
Service cables, overhead	40	*	1 Jul 2014
Service cables, underground	50	*	1 Jul 2014
Storage batteries	15	*	1 Jul 2013
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
Power transformers	45	*	1 Jan 2002
Public address and paging system assets (including amplifiers, audio speakers and microphones)	12	*	1 Jul 2005