Income Tax (Effective Life of Depreciating Assets) Amendment Determination 2014 (No 1) 
Reference: Effective Life 2014/1
Document type: Legislative Instrument
Enabling act: Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
Date of issue: 8 May 2014
Signatory: Michael Gabriel Tenace Acting Assistant Commissioner, Public Groups and International
Registration number: F2014L00679
Registration date: 6 June 2014


This Determination is the Income Tax (Effective Life of Depreciating Assets) Amendment Determination 2014 (No 1) . | This Determination commences on 1 July 2014. | Schedule 1 amends the Income Tax (Effective Life of Depreciating Assets) Determination 2001 . | (section 3) | [1] Heading to Table A | Omit Table A as at 1 July 2013 | Substitute Table A as at 1 July 2014 | [2] Table A, industry category AGRICULTURE (01110 to 01990) | Omit Cotton sheds (humidification) 20 1 Jan 2001 | [3] Table A, industry category AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING (01110 to 05290), sub-category Hydroponics (01220) | Omit Hydroponics (01220) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Hanging gutters 10 * 1 Jul 2007 Troughs 10 * 1 Jul 2007 Hydroponics growers may use the effective life for relevant assets shown in Nursery and Floriculture Production (01110 to 01150) | (01220) | Substitute Vegetable growing (under cover) (01220) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Hydroponic growing assets (including cut flower growing): Hanging gutters 10 * 1 Jul 2007 Troughs 10 * 1 Jul 2007 Hydroponics growers may also use the effective life for relevant assets shown in Nursery and Floriculture Production (01110 to 01150) | (01220) | [4] Table A, industry category AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING (01110 to 05290), sub-category Vegetable growing and cane growing (01230 and 01510) | Omit Vegetable growing and cane growing (01230 and 01510) | (01230 and 01510) | Substitute Vegetable growing (outdoors) and sugar cane growing (01230 and 01510) | (01230 and 01510) | [5] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11110 to 25990), sub - category Printing (16110) | Omit Exposure lights 5 * I Jul 2005 | Substitute Exposure lights 5 * 1 Jul 2006 | [6] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11110 to 25990), sub-category Pharmaceutical and medicinal product manufacturing (18410) | Omit Pharmaceutical and medicinal product manufacturing (18410) | (18410) | Substitute Human pharmaceutical and medicinal product manufacturing (18410) | (18410) | [7] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11110 to 25990), sub-category Pharmaceutical and medicinal product manufacturing (18410) | After Weighing scales 10 * 1 Jan 2004 | Insert Scientific medical and pharmaceutical research assets - see Table A Scientific research services (69100) | [8] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11100 to 25990) , sub-category Polymer product and rubber product manufacturing (19110 to 19200) | Omit Polymer product and rubber product manufacturing (19110 to 19200) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Clothes peg manufacturing plant (plastic) 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Gelatine and glue manufacturing plant 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Plastic industry: Blow moulders 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Dies 4 1 Jan 2001 General plant 20 1 Jan 2001 Hydraulic presses, injection moulding machines, extrusion machines and bottle blowing machines 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Moulds: Glass blowing 2 1 Jan 2001 High usage 5 1 Jan 2001 Low usage 10 1 Jan 2001 Once only 1 1 Jan 2001 Rubber manufacturers' plant: Moulds 5 1 Jan 2001 Process plant 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 | (19110 to 19200) | Substitute Polymer film and sheet packaging material manufacturing (19110) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Extrusion assets: Extruder dies 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Extruders and co-extruders (incorporating barrels, screws, towers and treatment units, but excluding dies) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Heat exchangers 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Laminating machines 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Packaging assets: Labelling machines 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Palletisers 12 * 1 Jul 2014 Wrapping machines (including shrink and stretch wrappers) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Pouch and bag making machines 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Printing assets - see Table A Printing (16110), commercial printing assets Racking machines 25 * 1 Jul 2014 Recycling machines 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Resin preparation assets (including hoppers mixers/blenders and weigh batchers) 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Slitting machines and perforation units 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Support assets: Air compressors and receivers 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Boilers 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Control system assets (including control cabinets and panels, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), switchgear and variable speed drives (VSDs)) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Jib cranes 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Laboratory assets: Generally 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Laboratory analysers 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Silos 25 * 1 Jul 2014 Vacuum transfer system assets (incorporating blowers, ductwork, fans and pumps) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Polymer product and rubber product manufacturing (19120 to 19200) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Clothes peg manufacturing plant (plastic) 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Gelatine and glue manufacturing plant 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Polymer (plastic) product manufacturing assets (not elsewhere listed): Blow moulders 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Dies 4 1 Jan 2001 General plant 20 1 Jan 2001 Hydraulic presses, injection moulding machines, extrusion machines and bottle blowing machines 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Moulds: Glass blowing 2 1 Jan 2001 High usage 5 1 Jan 2001 Low usage 10 1 Jan 2001 Once only 1 1 Jan 2001 Rubber manufacturers' plant: Moulds 5 1 Jan 2001 Process plant 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 | (19110) | (19120 to 19200) | [9] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11110 to 25990), sub-category Paint and coatings manufacturing (19160) | After Mixers 20 * 1 Jul 2013 | Insert Paint tinting and colour blending machines (manual and automatic) 7 * 1 Jul 2014 | [10] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11110 to 25990), sub - category Glass and glass product manufacturing (20100) | Omit Overhead cranes and gantries - see Table B | Substitute Cranes (gantry and overhead) 25 * 1 Jul 2014 | [11] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11110 to 25990), sub - category Glass and glass product manufacturing (20100) | Omit Support assets (including air compressors and boilers) - see Table B | Substitute Support assets: Air compressors 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Boilers 20 * 1 Jul 2014 | [12] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11110 to 25990) , after sub-category Plaster product manufacturing (20320) | Insert Ready-mixed concrete manufacturing (20330) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Air compressors 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Air dryers 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Bins (including weigh bins, but excluding concrete bins) 15 * 1 Jul 2014 CCTV systems 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Cement tankers (incorporating tank and trailer) - see Table B, Motor vehicles, trailers having a gross vehicle mass greater than 4.5 tonnes Chillers 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Control systems 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Conveyors 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Dust extraction systems 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Fuel storage assets: Card reading systems 6 * 1 Jul 2014 Dispensers (incorporating electronic circuitry, hoses, LCD displays, meters and nozzles) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Pumps 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Tanks 25 * 1 Jul 2014 Hoppers (including weigh hoppers) 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Mixers used in wet ready-mixed plants 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Mobile concrete batching plants (incorporating bins, conveyors, tanks, hoppers and trailers, but excluding demountable plant) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Silos 30 * 1 Jul 2014 Slump stands 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Testing assets: Concrete testers 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Ovens 8 * 1 Jul 2014 Truck transit mixers: Mixers (incorporating barrel, chutes, frame and hydraulic pumps) 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Trucks - see Table B Motor vehicles Volumetric concrete batching trucks: Trucks - see Table B Motor vehicles Volumetric concrete batching units (incorporating bins, hoppers, mixing augurs and water tanks) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Waste water treatment assets: Catchment and settlement ponds 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Concrete slurry pumps 3 * 1 Jul 2014 Polyethylene water tanks 8 * 1 Jul 2014 Water pumps 5 * 1 Jul 2014 | (20330) | [13] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11110 to 25990), sub - category Iron smelting and steel manufacturing (21100) | Omit Electric and steam pumps, tar tanks, strainers, salt water coolers (including supporting structures and distribution pipes to cooler off takes including valves) 35 * 1 Jul 2009 | Substitute Electric and steam pumps, tar tanks, strainers, salt water coolers (including supporting structures and distribution pipes to cooler off takes including valves) 40 * 1 Jul 2009 | [14] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11110 to 25990), sub - category Iron smelting and steel manufacturing (21100) | Omit Emissions control assets: * 1 Jul 2009 | Substitute Emissions control assets: | [15] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11110 to 25990), sub - category Steel coil roll forming, slitting, blanking and sheet metal forming (22210 to 22990) | Omit Steel coil roll forming, slitting, blanking and sheet metal forming (22210 to 22990) | (22210 to 22990) | Substitute Steel coil roll forming, slitting and blanking and sheet metal forming (22210 to 22290) | (22210 to 22290) | [16] Table A, industry category MANUFACTURING (11110 to 25990) , sub-category Other transport equipment manufacturing (23910 to 23990) | Omit Other transport equipment manufacturing (23910 to 23990) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Motor cycle building plant 10 1 Jan 2001 | (23910 to 23990) | Substitute Railway rolling stock manufacturing and repair services (23930) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Assembly assets: Access and assembly platforms 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Alignment assets (including gearbox alignment assets) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Bearing puller assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Blast chamber assets (incorporating shot recovery systems) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Cutting assets (including plate profilers, profile cutters and saws) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 De-coiling assets 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Drilling assets (including radial drills) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Foam filling station assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Furnaces and ovens (including ladles and stress relief ovens) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Jigs (including rollover jigs and lifting jigs) 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Lathes (including above floor and under floor wheel lathes) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Milling machines (including gantry) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Pipe and tube bending assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Presses (including bearing mounting, bench, brake, hydraulic power and wheel presses) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Riveting assets 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Specialised hydraulic tool assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Stretch formers 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Sweeping assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Turning assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Wash bay assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Welding assets (including robot welders and spot welding towers) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Wire cutting and stripping assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Handling assets: Cranes (including overhead gantry cranes) 25 * 1 Jul 2014 Lifting assets generally (including hydraulic double lift jacks, locomotive jacks and stands) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Pallet lifters 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Scissor lifts 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Maintenance and refurbishment assets: Boring assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Cutting assets (including guillotines, plasma cutters and profilers) 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Detecting assets (including flaw detectors) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Drilling assets (including radial drills) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Grinding and milling assets 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Hydraulic drop and work tables 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Lathes (including above floor and under floor wheel lathes) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Paint spraying booths (incorporating baking ovens, extractor fans and gas heaters) 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Portable presses (including hydraulic power presses) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Presses (including bearing mounting, bench, brake, hydraulic power and wheel presses) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Tanks (including washing and water tanks) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Vacuum assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Washing assets (including bearing and bogie washers) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Welding assets (including robot welders and spot welding towers) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Wheel condition monitoring systems 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Support assets: Cleaning assets (including high pressure cleaners) 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Compressed air system assets (including compressors, dryers and filters and receivers) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Computer measuring and monitoring assets (including load and pressure indicators) 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Control system assets (including supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and vehicle preparation systems) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Cooling towers 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Dust and fume extraction system assets 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Electricity supply assets - see Table A Electricity supply (26100 to 26400) Fastening and riveting assets 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Fire prevention systems (incorporating fire protection systems and water tanks) 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Induction heaters 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Portable train weighing assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Pumps (including hydraulic pumps) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Racking and storage assets 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Rail vehicle moving and placing assets (including crabs, shunting locomotives and trackmobiles) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Railway tracks -see Table A Rail freight and passenger transport services (47100 to 47200) Refrigerant recovery assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Traversers and turntables 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Vehicle progression systems assets (including rabbits) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Waste water and effluent treatment assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Weighing assets for carriages and locomotives 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Testing assets: Bogie, brake and spring testing assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Cab test benches and CRC cable testing assets 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Earth testing assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Electrical testing assets (including multimeters) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Post production testing assets (excluding weighing assets - see in Support assets): Water test facility assets (incorporating control systems, gantries, pipes, pumps etc) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Other post production testing assets 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Test sheds for testing locomotives and other rolling stock 30 * 1 Jul 2014 Other transport equipment manufacturing n.e.c. (23990) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Motor cycle building plant 10 1 Jan 2001 | (23930) | (23990) | [17] Table A, industry category ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND WASTE SERVICES (26110 to 29220) , sub-category Waste disposal services (29110) | Omit Waste disposal services (29110) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Garbage compactor trucks (including the compactor) 10 * # 1 Jan 2005 | (29110) | Substitute Solid waste collection services (29110) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Garbage compactor trucks (including the compactor) 10 * # 1 Jan 2005 Waste remediation and materials recovery services (29220) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Materials recovery facility (MRF) assets: Air compressors and receivers 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Balers 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Ballistic separators 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Bins: Bins generally (including metal bins) 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Compactor bins 6 * 1 Jul 2014 Mobile bins (including rubbish bins) 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Bunkers 10 * 1 Jul 2014 CCTV and security systems 4 * 1 Jul 2014 Chippers and shredders 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Control systems 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Conveyors and conveyor systems: Bounce conveyors and feeders 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Conveyors generally (incorporating belt, drive, motors and supporting structure) including walking floor conveyors 9 * 1 Jul 2014 Hand sort conveyors 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Door controls and motor drive systems for automatic opening doors (incorporating controls, motors and sensors, but excluding doors) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Ducted air transfer system assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Dust collectors 12 * 1 Jul 2014 Eddy current separators 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Excavators and front end loaders 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Fans 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Feed hoppers (incorporating steel drag chain, conveyor belt, metering feed roller, motor and gearbox) 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Ferrous and magnetic separators 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Food separation and screening assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Forklifts 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Glass breakers and crushers 6 * 1 Jul 2014 Hoppers 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Leachate pumps and filters 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Lifting assets (including pallet jacks) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Optical sorters 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Screen separators 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Sweepers and scrubbers 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Trommels (incorporating wheels, motors and gearboxes): Fixed 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Portable 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Vacuum extraction and cleaning assets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Vibrating screen separators 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Waste compactors 9 * 1 Jul 2014 Weighbridges 15 * 1 Jul 2014 | (29110) | (29220) | [18] Table A, industry category CONSTRUCTION (30110 to 32990) | Omit Batching plant: Portable and demountable 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Static 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 | [19] Table A, after industry category CONSTRUCTION (30110 to 32990) | Insert 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 | (31099) | [20] Table A, industry category WHOLESALE TRADE (33110 to 38000) after sub-category Petroleum product wholesaling (33210) | Insert Commission-based wholesaling (38000) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Sale yards (used by stock and station agents) 30 * 1 Jul 2014 | (38000) | [21] Table A, industry category RETAIL TRADE (39110 to 43209) | After Overhead track scales (including meat rail scales) 10 * 1 Jul 2005 | Insert Refrigeration assets: Generally (including blast chillers, condensers, evaporators, refrigeration cabinets, standalone freezers and standalone refrigerators) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Ice making machines 8 * 1 Jul 2014 Insulation panels used in cool or freezer rooms 40 * 1 Jul 2014 | [22] Table A, industry category RETAIL TRADE (39110 to 43209), sub-category Other store-based retailing (42110 to 42799) | After Newspaper wrapping machines 10 1 Jan 2001 | Insert Paint tinting and colour blending machines (manual and automatic) 7 * 1 Jul 2014 | [23] Table A, industry category ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES (44000 to 45302), sub - category Accommodation (44000) | Omit Accommodation providers using assets not listed here may rely on determinations shown for Residential Property Operators (67110). Accommodation providers who operate a pub, tavern, bar, café, restaurant or club within their premises should use the effective life determinations shown for Cafes restaurants, takeawy food services, pubs, taverns, bars and clubs (hospitality) (45110 to 45302) for assets used in that business. | Substitute Accommodation providers using assets not listed here may rely on determinations shown for Residential property operators (67110) Accommodation providers who operate a pub, tavern, bar, cafe, restaurant or club within their premises should use the effective life determinations shown for cafes, restaurants, takeaway food services, pubs, taverns, bars and clubs (hospitality) (45110 to 45302) for assets used in that business | [24] Table A, industry category ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES (44000 to 45302), sub-category Cafes, restaurants, takeaway food services, pubs, taverns, bars and clubs (hospitality) (45110 to 45302) | After Poker/gaming machines 7 * 1 Jul 2009 | Insert Refrigeration assets: Generally (including blast chillers, condensers, evaporators, refrigeration cabinets, standalone freezers and standalone refrigerators) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Ice making machines 8 * 1 Jul 2014 Insulation panels used in cool or freezer rooms 40 * 1 Jul 2014 | [25] Table A, industry category INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (54110 to 60200) , sub-category Telecommunication services (58010 to 58090) | After Mobile switching centre hardware 10 * 1 Jul 2002 | Insert Payphones (public telephones) 10 1 Jan 2001 | [26] Table A, industry category INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (54110 to 60200) , sub-category Motion picture and sound recording activities (55110 to 55140) | Omit Motion picture and sound recording activities (55110 to 55140) | (55110 to 55140) | Substitute Motion picture and video activities (55110 to 55140) | (55110 to 55140) | [27] Table A, industry category RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES (66110 to 67200) , sub-category Rental and hiring services (except real estate) (66110 to 67200) | After Washing machines 6 * 1 Jan 2006 | Insert Portable structures (sheds, site office trailers, portable toilets and washrooms etc) used for a temporary period in offsite locations (eg construction sites) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 | [28] Table A, industry category RENTAL, HIRING AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES (66110 to 67200) , sub-category Non-residential property operators (67120) | Omit Refer to assets shown in Table B that are used in commercial office buildings | Substitute Commercial office building assets: Boilers 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Boiler pumps 5 * 1 Jul 2005 Carpets 8 * 1 Jul 2005 Door control and motor drive system for automatic sliding doors (incorporating chains, controls, motors and sensors, excluding doors) 15 * 1 Jul 2005 Hot water installations (excluding commercial boilers and piping) 15 * 1 Jul 2005 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 Lighting control systems (microprocessor based) 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems: Line interactive types 5 * 1 Jul 2013 On line double conversion types 10 * 1 Jul 2013 Window blinds 20 * 1 Jul 2005 | [29] Table A, industry category PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES (69100 to 70000), before sub-category Surveying and mapping services (69220) | Insert Scientific research services (69100) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Scientific medical and pharmaceutical research assets: Autoclaves: Bench top autoclaves 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Others 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Automated cell counters 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Automated colony pickers 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Balances 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Biological safety cabinets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Cell harvesters 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Centrifuges: Bench top centrifuges 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Others 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Computed tomography (CT) scanners 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Digital cameras 3 * 1 Jul 2014 DNA sequencers 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Electrophoresis systems (incorporating power supplies and tanks) 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Electroporators 8 * 1 Jul 2014 Fermenters 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Flow cytometers 8 * 1 Jul 2014 Freeze dryers 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Freezers 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Gel documentation systems 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Glassware washers 8 * 1 Jul 2014 Heating blocks 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Homogenisers 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Incubators 6 * 1 Jul 2014 Liquid chromatography systems 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Liquid nitrogen assets (including dewars and tanks) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Microscopes 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Microtomes 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Mixers 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Nano spectrophotometers 8 * 1 Jul 2014 Ovens 6 * 1 Jul 2014 Peristaltic pumps 7 * 1 Jul 2014 PH meters 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Plate readers 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) thermal cyclers 8 * 1 Jul 2014 Real-time PCR detection machines 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Refrigerators 8 * 1 Jul 2014 Robotic systems (including robotic liquid handling systems and robotic sampler systems) 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Shakers 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Sonicators (including water bath sonicators and sonicators with probes) 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Spectrophotometers (excluding nano spectrophotometers) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) machines 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Vacuum concentrators 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Water baths (including refrigerated and shaking water baths) 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Water purification systems 8 * 1 Jul 2014 | (69100) | [30] Table A, industry category OTHER SERVICES (94110 to 96030), sub-category Personal and other services (95110 to 95291) | Omit Personal and other services (95110 to 95291) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Funeral directors' plant 20 1 Jan 2001 | (95110 to 95291) | [31] Table A, industry category OTHER SERVICES (94110 to 96030), after sub-category Hairdressing and beauty services (95110) | Insert Funeral, crematorium and cemetery services (95200) ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Funeral directors' plant 20 1 Jan 2001 | (95200) | [32] Heading to Table B | Table B as at 1 July 2013 | Substitute | Table B as at 1 July 2014 | [33] Table B, items beginning with A | Omit Air compressors: Compressors - reciprocating 7 * 1 Jul 2008 Compressors - rotary screw 10 * 1 Jul 2008 | Substitute Air compression assets: Air compression assets generally (including air compressors, air dryers and air receivers) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Air compressors (portable): Compressors - reciprocating 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Compressors - rotary screw 10 * 1 Jul 2014 | [34] Table B, items beginning with A | Omit Amenities provided for employees (sanitary ware, etc., forming part of toilet accommodation or washing facilities) 20 1 Jan 2001 | [35] Table B, items beginning with B | Omit Boiler pumps 5 * 1 Jul 2005 | [36] Table B, items beginning with C | Omit Carpets used in commercial office buildings 8 * 1 Jul 2005 Chimney Stacks and Flues (concrete stacks in heavy industry qualifying as 'plant') 50 1 Jan 2001 Compaction: Compactors - flat plate 8 * 1 Jul 2008 Compactors - vertical rammer 6 * 1 Jul 2008 Compressors Ammonia: Horizontal 20 1 Jan 2001 Vertical 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Computers: Generally 4 * 1 Jan 2001 Free access floors in computer rooms 50 1 Jan 2001 Laptops 3 * 1 Jan 2001 Concrete Transit Mixers (mixing bowl, separate motor and drive mechanism) 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Concreting assets: Brick and paving saws 5 * 1 Jul 2008 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 scarifers) 5 * 1 Jul 2008 Concrete trowels: Walk behind 5 * 1 Jul 2008 Ride on 7 * 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 shafts 3 * 1 Jul 2008 Concrete wheeled saws 6 * 1 Jul 2008 Cranes: Electrical or otherwise 20 1 Jan 2001 Gantries 33 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 | Substitute Compaction: Compactors - flat plate 8 * 1 Jul 2008 Compactors - vertical rammer 6 * 1 Jul 2008 Computers: Generally 4 * 1 Jan 2001 Laptops 3 * 1 Jan 2001 Raised access floors in computer data rooms and server rooms 40 * 1 Jul 2014 Concrete truck mixers (incorporating barrel, chutes, frame and hydraulic pumps) 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Concreting assets: Brick and paving saws 5 * 1 Jul 2008 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 scarifers) 5 * 1 Jul 2008 Concrete trowels: Walk behind 5 * 1 Jul 2008 Ride on 7 * 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 shafts 3 * 1 Jul 2008 Concrete wheeled saws 6 * 1 Jul 2008 Cranes (gantry and overhead) 25 * 1 Jul 2014 | [37] Table B, items beginning with E | Omit Engineering Works Machinery Installed 20 1 Jan 2001 | [38] Table B, items beginning with E | Omit Engines 20 1 Jan 2001 | [39] Table B, items beginning with F | Omit Electric 20 1 Jan 2001 Wire mesh (demountable used for partitioning purposes) 20 1 Jan 2001 | Substitute Portable electric fences 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Wire mesh (demountable used for partitioning purposes, including portable electric fences) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 | [40] Table B, items beginning with F | Omit Foundation of plant and machinery which forms an integral part of the plant and machinery 50 1 Jan 2001 Furniture, freestanding: Bookcases: Timber 15 * 1 Jul 2005 Metal 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Cabinets (including credenzas, cupboards, filing, mapping, mobile, stationery and storage type): Timber/laminated 15 * 1 Jul 2005 Metal 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Chairs 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Desks 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Mobile storage units (compactus type) 25 * 1 Jul 2005 Reception (including lobby chairs, desks, lounges, sofas and tables) 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Screens 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Tables: Boardroom 20 * 1 Jul 2005 General 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Workstations (including desks and partitions) 20 * 1 Jul 2005 | Substitute Foundations for plant and machinery (integral to the operation of such plant and machinery, but not incorporated into the plant and machinery itself) 40 * 1 Jul 2014 | [41] Table B, items beginning with G | Omit Garbage Bins 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 | [42] Table B, items beginning with H | Omit Hot water installations for commercial office buildings (excluding commercial boilers and piping) 15 * 1 Jul 2005 | Substitute Hand tools (manually operated) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 | [43] Table B, items beginning with I | Omit I ASSET LIFE (YEARS) REVIEWED DATE OF APPLICATION Industrial trailers (relocatable) 10 1 Jan 2001 | [44] Table B, items beginning with L | Omit Laboratory Equipment 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Ladders (including stepladders, work platforms extension ladders, trestles and planks): Aluminium 4 * 1 Jan 2006 Fibreglass 4 * 1 Jan 2006 Laser Beam Construction Tools 10 1 Jan 2001 Laser Cutting Machine: Workhandler 10 1 Jan 2001 Industrial laser 5 1 Jan 2001 CNC control 5 1 Jan 2001 Water chiller 5 1 Jan 2001 Lathes: Computer controlled 10 1 Jan 2001 Engineering works (machinery installed) 20 1 Jan 2001 Wood working plant 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Lawn Mower: Motor 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Self propelled 5 1 Jan 2001 Levels: Dumpy 7 * 1 Jul 2008 Laser beam 10 * 1 Jul 2008 Lift slab assets (incorporating spreader bars, clutches, pulleys and cables) 5 * 1 Jul 2008 Library (professional) 10 1 Jan 2001 Lifts (elevated work platforms): Boom (including knuckle and telescopic) 15 * 1 Jan 2006 Personal 10 * 1 Jan 2006 Scissor 10 * 1 Jan 2006 Lifts (including dumbwaiters, hydraulic lifts and traction lifts) 30 * 1 Jan 2003 Lighting Control System (microprocessor based) 5 1 Jan 2001 Lighting Plant (electric) 20 1 Jan 2001 Lighting System (fluorescent) 20 1 Jan 2001 Lightning arresters 50 1 Jan 2001 Livestock (working beasts, beasts of burden in business other than Primary Production and Camels) 10 1 Jan 2001 | Substitute Laboratory assets used in quality control, sample checking etc: Automated and electronically based laboratory assets (including analysers, refractometers, spectrometry machines etc) 7 * 1 Jul 2014 Other laboratory assets (including autoclaves, centrifuges, microscopes, ovens etc) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Ladders (including stepladders, work platforms extension ladders, trestles and planks): Aluminium 4 * 1 Jan 2006 Fibreglass 4 * 1 Jan 2006 Laser cutting machines 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Levels: Dumpy 7 * 1 Jul 2008 Laser beam 10 * 1 Jul 2008 Lift slab assets (incorporating spreader bars, clutches, pulleys and cables) 5 * 1 Jul 2008 Libraries (professional) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Lifts (elevated work platforms): Boom (including knuckle and telescopic) 15 * 1 Jan 2006 Personal 10 * 1 Jan 2006 Scissor 10 * 1 Jan 2006 Lifts (including dumbwaiters, hydraulic lifts and traction lifts) 30 * 1 Jan 2003 Lighting control systems (microprocessor based) 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Livestock being working beasts and beasts of burden (including camels and horses) used in a business other than primary production 15 * 1 Jul 2014 | [45] Table B, items beginning with M | Before Mini-skid steer loaders (with a carrying capacity less than or equal to 1100 kg) 5 * 1 Jul 2005 | Insert Machine tools (grinding machines, lathes, milling machines etc): CNC and NC based machines 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Conventional or manual machines 20 * 1 Jul 2014 | [46] Table B, items beginning with M | Omit Modular switching system 10 1 Jan 2001 | [47] Table B, items beginning with O | Before Office Machines and Equipment: | Insert Office furniture, freestanding: Bookcases: Timber 15 * 1 Jul 2005 Metal 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Cabinets (including credenzas, cupboards, filing, mapping, mobile, stationery and storage type): Timber/laminated 15 * 1 Jul 2005 Metal 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Chairs 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Desks 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Mobile storage units (compactus type) 25 * 1 Jul 2005 Reception assets (including lobby chairs, desks, lounges, sofas and tables) 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Screens 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Tables: Boardroom 20 * 1 Jul 2005 General 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Workstations (including desks and partitions) 20 * 1 Jul 2005 | [48] Table B, items beginning with N | Omit N | [49] Table B, items beginning with O | Omit Shredders 15 * 1 Jul 2005 Trolleys 15 * 1 Jul 2005 Whiteboards 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Ovens: Microwave 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Oxygen Acetylene Plant 20 1 Jan 2001 | Substitute Projectors (including lenses) 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Shredders 15 * 1 Jul 2005 Trolleys 15 * 1 Jul 2005 Whiteboards 10 * 1 Jul 2005 | [50] Table B, items beginning with P | Omit Paint-tinting and colour blending machines 5 1 Jan 2001 Partitions (demountable) 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Plants: Live (indoor) 5 1 Jan 2001 Simulated 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 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 Poles: Steel (set in concrete) 40 1 Jan 2001 Wooden: Set in concrete 20 1 Jan 2001 Not set in concrete 10 1 Jan 2001 Portable Toilet 10 1 Jan 2001 Powder Coating Machine 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 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: Generally 15 * 1 Jul 2013 Line interactive types as used in commercial office buildings 5 * 1 Jul 2013 On line double conversion types as used in commercial office buildings 10 * 1 Jul 2013 Generators, portable (incorporating attached engine management and generator monitoring instruments): Diesel 10 * 1 Jul 2008 Petrol 5 * 1 Jul 2008 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 Projectors 10 1 Jan 2001 Public address and paging system assets (including amplifiers, audio speakers and microphones) 12 * 1 Jul 2005 Pumps 20 1 Jan 2001 | labelling machines) | Substitute 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 20 1 Jan 2001 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 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 [F1] ): 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 | labelling machines) | [51] Table B, items beginning with R | Omit Radio Sets: Two-way radios and transceivers 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Refrigeration assets: Generally (including blast chillers, condensers, evaporators, refrigeration cabinets, standalone freezers and standalone refrigerators) 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Ice making machines 8 * 1 Jul 2005 Insulation panels used in cool or freezer rooms 40 * 1 Jul 2005 Regeneration (acid) Unit 10 1 Jan 2001 Robots (industrial) 10 1 Jan 2001 | Substitute Refrigeration assets: Compressors, condensers, evaporators etc 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Insulation panels used in cool or freezer rooms 40 * 1 Jul 2014 Robots (industrial) 10 * 1 Jul 2014 | [52] Table B, items beginning with S | Omit Saddlery and Harness 10 1 Jan 2001 Sale Yards (stock and station agents) 20 1 Jan 2001 Sand/Coating System 10 1 Jan 2001 Sauna and Spa (prefabricated type) 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Saws, bench and mitre, portable 7 * 1 Jul 2008 Scaffolding: Aluminium 5 * 1 Jan 2006 Fibreglass 5 * 1 Jan 2006 Steel 15 * 1 Jan 2006 Scales (platform) 20 1 Jan 2001 Security and monitoring assets: Access control systems: Code pads 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Door controllers 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Readers: Proximity 7 * 1 Jul 2004 Swipe card 3 * 1 Jul 2004 Bullet resistant screens (not forming part of the building) 20 1 Jan 2001 Camera scanning (of type used in large retail establishments) 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Closed circuit television systems: Cameras 4 * 1 Jul 2004 Monitors 4 * 1 Jul 2004 Recorders: Digital 4 * 1 Jul 2004 Time lapse 2 * 1 Jul 2004 Switching units (including multiplexers) 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Security systems: Code pads 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Control panels 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Detectors (including glass, passive infra-red and vibration) 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Global system for mobiles (GSM) unit 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Noise maker (including alarms and bells) 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Sewing Machines 10 1 Jan 2001 Sheds: Portable (nomadic type industry) 10 1 Jan 2001 Humidification 20 1 Jan 2001 Signage for business identification (including lighting for signs) 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Silos: Bulk handling: Ancillary mechanical equipment 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Concrete construction 50 * 1 Jan 2004 Galvanised construction 30 * 1 Jan 2004 Steel construction 40 * 1 Jan 2004 Solar photovoltaic electricity generation system assets 20 * 1 Jul 2011 Sonar Supersonic Equipment (similar to seismic equipment) 13 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Spa (fibreglass) 20 1 Jan 2001 Spectrometer (computerised x-ray system for mineral analysis) 10 1 Jan 2001 Spray Booth 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Standards: Iron or steel (including brackets, crossarms, etc) 40 1 Jan 2001 Concrete, brick or stone 100 1 Jan 2001 Strongrooms (demountable) and strongroom doors 100 1 Jan 2001 Suitcases 10 * 1 Jul 2013 Swimming pool assets: Chlorinators 12 * 1 Jul 2004 Cleaning assets 7 * 1 Jul 2004 Filtration assets (including pumps) 12 * 1 Jul 2004 Heaters: Electric 15 * 1 Jul 2004 Gas 15 * 1 Jul 2004 Solar 20 * 1 Jul 2004 Swimming pools (used as plant in a business): Above-ground 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Concrete 50 * 1 Jul 2005 Fibreglass 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Switchboards 20 1 Jan 2001 Synthetic Lawn Surface 10 1 Jan 2001 | Substitute Saws, bench and mitre, portable 7 * 1 Jul 2008 Scaffolding: Aluminium 5 * 1 Jan 2006 Fibreglass 5 * 1 Jan 2006 Steel 15 * 1 Jan 2006 Security and monitoring assets: Access control systems: Code pads 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Door controllers 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Readers: Proximity 7 * 1 Jul 2004 Swipe card 3 * 1 Jul 2004 Ballistic and blast resistant screens and barriers (including fixed and rising types) not forming part of the building 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Closed circuit television systems: Cameras 4 * 1 Jul 2004 Monitors 4 * 1 Jul 2004 Recorders: Digital 4 * 1 Jul 2004 Time lapse 2 * 1 Jul 2004 Switching units (including multiplexers) 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Security systems: Code pads 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Control panels 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Detectors (including glass, passive infra-red and vibration) 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Global system for mobiles (GSM) unit 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Noise maker (including alarms and bells) 5 * 1 Jul 2004 Sewing machines 10 * 1 Jan 2014 Signage for business identification (including lighting for signs) 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Silos: Bulk handling: Ancillary mechanical assets (including augers, bucket elevators, conveyors etc) 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Concrete construction 50 * 1 Jan 2004 Galvanised construction 30 * 1 Jan 2004 Steel construction 40 * 1 Jan 2004 Solar photovoltaic electricity generation system assets 20 * 1 Jul 2011 Spas used as plant in a business (incorporating blowers, controls, filters, heaters and pumps) 17 * 1 Jul 2014 Spray booths 15 * 1 Jul 2014 Stacks (chimney stacks, exhaust stacks, flues etc): Concrete stacks (including concrete reinforced stacks) 30 * 1 Jul 2014 Flare stacks 25 * 1 Jul 2014 Reinforced plastic stacks 25 * 1 Jul 2014 Steel stacks (steel flues) 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Suitcases 10 * 1 Jul 2013 Swimming pool assets: Chlorinators 12 * 1 Jul 2004 Cleaning assets 7 * 1 Jul 2004 Filtration assets (including pumps) 12 * 1 Jul 2004 Heaters: Electric 15 * 1 Jul 2004 Gas 15 * 1 Jul 2004 Solar 20 * 1 Jul 2004 Swimming pools (used as plant in a business): Above-ground 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Concrete 50 * 1 Jul 2005 Fibreglass 20 * 1 Jul 2005 Switchboards 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Synthetic lawn surface 5 * 1 Jul 2014 | [53] Table B, items beginning with T | Omit Tank Stands: Brick, stone or concrete 50 1 Jan 2001 Wood and/or iron 33 ⅓ 1 Jan 2001 Tarpaulins (canvas or plastic) 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Telephone Installations: Answering machines 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Car phone 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Cellular mobile 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Complete telephone system (comprising switchboards, instruments, cables etc) 20 1 Jan 2001 PABX computerised assets 10 * 1 Jan 2005 Public telephones 10 1 Jan 2001 Reservation system (data print) 20 1 Jan 2001 Telephone hand sets 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Television Receivers: Generally 10 1 Jan 2001 Used for hire 6 ⅔ 1 Jan 2001 Tools (loose) 5 1 Jan 2001 Total stations (used in mapping and surveying etc) 5 * 1 Jul 2013 Tractors 12 * 1 Jul 2007 Turnstiles 20 1 Jan 2001 | Substitute Tarpaulins 5 * 1 Jul 2014 Telephone Installations: Complete telephone system (comprising switchboards, instruments, cables etc) 20 1 Jan 2001 Mobile phones 3 * 1 Jul 2014 PABX computerised assets 10 * 1 Jan 2005 Telephone hand sets 10 * 1 Jul 2005 Television sets 10 * 1 Jul 2014 Total stations (used in mapping and surveying etc) 5 * 1 Jul 2013 Tractors 12 * 1 Jul 2007 Two-way radios: Base stations 6 * 1 Jul 2014 Mobile units 6 * 1 Jul 2014 Portable units 3 * 1 Jul 2014 Repeaters 7 * 1 Jul 2014 | [54] Table B, items beginning with V | Omit Vacuum Cleaners (electric) 10 1 Jan 2001 | [55] Table B, items beginning with W | Omit Water assets: Bores 30 * 1 Jul 2008 Dams (including earth or rock fill and turkey nests) 40 * 1 Jul 2008 Dam liners and covers 20 * 1 Jul 2008 Effluent channels 40 * 1 Jul 2008 Effluent recycle tanks 12 * 1 Jul 2008 Effluent sedimentation ponds 40 * 1 Jul 2008 Irrigation assets: Drip, micro spray or mini sprinkler systems: Above ground polyethylene pipes 10 * 1 Jul 2008 Drippers, micro sprays and mini sprinklers 5 * 1 Jul 2008 Control systems 10 * 1 Jul 2008 Filtration systems 15 * 1 Jul 2008 Pumps 12 * 1 Jul 2008 Variable speed drives 15 * 1 Jul 2008 Irrigation earth channels 40 * 1 Jul 2008 Irrigators (including centre pivot, lateral and travelling gun): Fresh water 20 * 1 Jul 2008 Effluent 10 * 1 Jul 2008 Pumps: Bore pumps, effluent and manure pumps 7 * 1 Jul 2008 Other 12 * 1 Jul 2008 Water mains: Aluminium 20 * 1 Jul 2008 Galvanised steel 25 * 1 Jul 2008 Polyethylene 15 * 1 Jul 2008 PVC 30 * 1 Jul 2008 Water tanks: Concrete 30 * 1 Jul 2008 Galvanised steel 25 * 1 Jul 2008 Polyethylene 15 * 1 Jul 2008 Water troughs: Concrete 25 * 1 Jul 2008 Galvanised steel 15 * 1 Jul 2008 Polyethylene 10 * 1 Jul 2008 Windmills 30 * 1 Jul 2008 Weighbridges 25 1 Jan 2001 Weighing Machines 10 1 Jan 2001 Welders: Diesel 10 * 1 Jul 2008 Electric 5 * 1 Jul 2008 Welding Plant: Automatic (used at sea on construction of a submarine pipeline) 10 1 Jan 2001 Wells 40 1 Jan 2001 Window blinds used in commercial buildings 20 * 1 Jul 2005 | Substitute Weighbridges 20 * 1 Jul 2014 Welders: Diesel 10 * 1 Jul 2008 Electric 5 * 1 Jul 2008 Oxygen welders and cutters 10 * 1 Jul 2014 | [F1] A specified purpose is a taxable purpose, the purpose of producing exempt income or non-assessable non-exempt income, or the purpose of conducting R&D activities (assuming that this is reasonably likely)