Depreciation

The Assessee had a unit at Bhopal which was not functioning since the assessment year 1997-98. For the assessment year 1998-99, the assessee claimed depreciation in respect of closed unit at Bhopal on the ground that depreciation would be allowable s Full Article

The Assessee for the relevant year filed return declaring "Nil" income. He case though processed under Section 143(1) was selected for scrutiny. The Assessee had shown the gross total income for the relevant year as Rs.6,92,453/- and deducted therefrom the amount applied for charitable purposes to the extent of Rs.27,28,001/-. The Assessee had made application of income by donation of Rs.26,66,000/- comprising of donation of Rs.25 lacs to BLB Trust as corpus donation and.. Full Article

Query:-Acquirer Limited acquired an engineering unit of Acquiree Limited, on a going concern basis. The unit has various fixed assets such as building, plant and machinery and furniture, which were recognized in the books of Acquirer Limited at their fair value, on the date of acquisition. Acquiree has already used these assets for certain periods and claimed the depreciation thereon. For example, it has used the building for 20 years and its remaining useful life as per.. Full Article

Routers and switches are to be included in block of `Computer' entitled to depreciation at the rate of 60 percent Full Article

ITAT Mumbai held in above case that that since there was no sale, discarding, demolition or destruction of an asset, no adjustment can be made to the Written Down Value (WDV) of the block of assets. Accordingly, the depreciation on goodwill and non-compete fees has to be allowed since these assets already formed part of the block of assets. Full Article

New perk rules :- Under the new perquisite rules, a distinction is to be made between the car owned by the employer and the car owned by the employee, as the value of the tax perquisite in the two scenarios varies considerably. Even though there could be different permutation and combination, under which the car benefit could be provided by the employer to the employee, this article primarily focuses on two scenarios where the car is either owned by the employer or emplo.. Full Article

Roads, flyovers bridges etc., constructed and owned by an infrastructure company and utilised in its business of providing infrastructure is the tool of its trade and an essential adjunct to its business and not merely a setting in which the business is carried on and therefore, would constitute plant and will be entitled to depreciation at the rate of 25 per cent. Full Article

If there is default on the part of the assessee to comply with the original demand notice, the provisions of the Taxation Laws (Continuation & Validation of Recovery Proceedings) Act, 1964 shall apply. Full Article