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ITAT Mumbai allows depreciation on goodwill from slump sale for AY 2020-21

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that goodwill arising from slump sale of a going concern is a depreciable intangible asset under section 32(1)(ii...

January 28, 2026 1086 Views 0 comment Print

Rates of Depreciation as Per Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Analysis of depreciation rates under the Income-tax Act (WDV method) from AY 2003-04 onwards and the useful lives specified under ...

October 17, 2025 2836753 Views 148 comments Print

Important of Deprecation Under ‘Income From business Or Profession’ Head

Income Tax : Learn key provisions of depreciation under Section 32, including eligibility, ownership, usage conditions, asset types, and applic...

September 29, 2025 1434 Views 0 comment Print

How Small Businesses can Optimize Tax Benefits under Income Tax Act 1961

Income Tax : Learn how small businesses in India can optimize tax benefits through strategic structuring, presumptive taxation, deductions, MSM...

May 5, 2025 1575 Views 0 comment Print

Statutory Deductions “Depreciation”: Key Principles and Court Rulings

Income Tax : Depreciation is statutory deduction that allows businesses to set off cost of their tangible & intangible assets over their useful...

November 24, 2024 4794 Views 0 comment Print


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Fixed Asset Management Tool with Depreciation Calculator for Companies

Company Law : Key Features of Fixed Asset Management Tool with Depreciation Calculator for Companies ♦ Line wise SLM and WDV Depreciation as p...

August 16, 2021 16752 Views 1 comment Print

Additional 15% depreciation on Motor Vehicles- No TDS on cash payments by APMCs

Income Tax : Addressing the concerns raised by Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs), it has been decided not to levy the 2% TDS on cas...

September 18, 2019 9039 Views 1 comment Print

Depreciation in case of slump sale based on proportionate number of days by transferor and transferee company- Clarify legal position- ICAI

Income Tax : The proviso to section 32 provides that the aggregate deduction, in respect of depreciation of buildings, machinery, plant or furn...

January 17, 2018 20571 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Allows Depreciation on Goodwill as Finance Act 2021 Amendment Is Prospective

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that the amendment excluding goodwill from depreciation under Section 32(1)(ii) applies prospectively from 01.04.2...

May 20, 2026 138 Views 0 comment Print

Depreciation on Amalgamation Goodwill allowable for AYs prior to AY 2021-22

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that depreciation on goodwill arising from amalgamation was allowable for assessment years prior to AY 2021-22...

May 19, 2026 141 Views 0 comment Print

SC allows Depreciation on Leased Assets as Actual Physical Use Not Mandatory

Income Tax : The Supreme Court dismissed the Revenue’s challenge to depreciation claims on leased assets after the Bombay High Court held tha...

May 16, 2026 333 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes TP Addition as Nokia Shutdown Led to Distress Sale of Finished Goods

Income Tax : The Chennai ITAT held that transfer pricing benchmarking cannot ignore extraordinary business circumstances arising from the shutd...

May 7, 2026 279 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai: Penalty Not Automatic on Disallowances – Major Relief in Depreciation Expense Claims

Income Tax : Even though the assessee had no business operations, claims based on disclosed assets and records were held bona fide. The Tribuna...

April 27, 2026 225 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Rule 8AC Computation of short term capital gains & written down

Income Tax : CBDT inserts new Income Tax Rule 8AC -Computation of short term capital gains and written down value under section 50 where deprec...

July 7, 2021 7863 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies Additional depreciation on Motor car & motor vehicles

Income Tax : Income-tax (9th Amendment) Rules, 2019 – Additional depreciation on motor cars and motor vehicles shall be allowed in certai...

September 20, 2019 137202 Views 19 comments Print

Commercial rights in the nature of intangible assets eligible for depreciation

Income Tax : A reading of the agreement between STL and the assessee clarifies that a specific amount, i.e., Rs.9 Crores was paid by the assess...

April 15, 2015 8200 Views 0 comment Print

Amendment in Income Tax Rules Related to Depreciation on Fixed Assets

Income Tax : Notification No. 43/2014-Income Tax S.O. 2399(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 295 read with Section 32 of the...

September 16, 2014 18496 Views 0 comment Print

MVAT circular on Issuing of Tax Clearance Certificates

Goods and Services Tax : In view of this situation, it is necessary that the procedure for the issuing of such certificates should be standardized. Such ce...

January 5, 2010 28471 Views 3 comments Print


Non-deposit of employees contribution to ESI and PF within due date disallowed

December 23, 2023 3036 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that non-deposit of employees contribution to ESI and PF within due date as per the respective Act is disallowance by invoking provisions of section 36(1)(va) r.w.s. 2(24)(x) of the Income Tax Act.

In absence of acquired or purchased goodwill, claims for depreciation untenable

December 13, 2023 873 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Pune bench rejects depreciation claim on goodwill in Millennium Engineers & Contractors vs. DCIT case. Detailed analysis of the judgment and its implications.

Supreme Court Clarifies Depreciation Claim: No Deadline on Mode Selection

December 9, 2023 2319 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the landmark Supreme Court judgment on Income Tax Rules regarding depreciation claim. No deadline for choosing mode, only requirement is pre-filing. Details and analysis here.

Service tax not leviable on statutory charges collected from land allottees as fixed by IDCO

November 21, 2023 1746 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata held that processing fee, transfer fee, administrative charges, etc. collected from land allottees as fixed by IDCO are statutory in nature. Accordingly, service tax is not leviable on the same.

Delhi HC allows Depreciation on Temporary Structures

November 12, 2023 1131 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court grants relief to Oriental Bank of Commerce, allowing depreciation on temporary wooden structures. Analysis of key issues in the judgment.

Deduction was allowable on upfront loan processing fee paid in lumpsum in the year of payment

November 4, 2023 5799 Views 0 comment Print

Merely because the loan processing charges though paid upfront but amortized over a period of five years, solely to be in consonance with the mercantile system of accounting, deduction of the entire charges in lump sum in the year in which the same were paid could not be denied to assessee.

Treatment of Non-Compete Fees & Depreciation on Software Licenses

November 4, 2023 1128 Views 0 comment Print

In a recent judgment, the Madras High Court permitted a 60% depreciation rate on computer software licenses, emphasizing the specific entry in the tax laws and clarifying the treatment of non-compete fees as revenue expenditure.

Revisional jurisdiction u/s 263 not invocable as order neither erroneous nor prejudicial to interest of revenue

November 2, 2023 489 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Surat held that invocation of revisional jurisdiction under section 263 of the Income Tax Act unsustainable as order passed by AO was neither erroneous nor prejudicial to the interest of the revenue.

Software eligible same rate of Depreciation as Computer System

November 2, 2023 5256 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai grants relief to Caterpillar India, allowing 60% depreciation on computer software as an integral part of computer systems. Details of the case.

Foreign travel expenditure incurred in connection with business cannot be disallowed

October 26, 2023 1389 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that disallowance of foreign travel expenditure unjustifiable as the same are incurred in connection with the business of the assessee.

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