Routers and switches should be classified as part of computers and be eligible for 60% depreciation

In a recent decision Special Bench (SB) of the Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal  in the case of Data craft India Ltd. (Taxpayer) [ITA No. 7462 & 754/ Mum/ 2007]on the issue of whether routers and switches can be classified as computer entitled to depreciation at 60% or have to be classified as general plant and machinery entitled to depreciation at 25%, under the provisions of the Indian Tax Laws (ITL) held that the definition of computer should not be restricted to the central processing unit (CPU) of computer, but should also extend to all the input a

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