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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 2836774 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


Depreciation eligible on construction of road under BOT contract

September 12, 2021 4284 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Mumbai Nasik Expressway Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) Expenditure incurred by the assessee for construction of road under BOT contract by Govt. of India have given rise to an intangible asset as defined under explanation 3(b) read with section 32(1)(iii) of the Act, assessee would be eligible to claim depreciation on such asset at specified […]

ITAT not allows 100% depreciation on mobile valued less than ₹ 5000

September 10, 2021 2439 Views 0 comment Print

Niho Construction Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Assessee claimed 100% Depreciation on Mobile Phones, each of which cost less than Rs. 5,000/-. But Assessing Officer (AO) restricted the depreciation to 15%, treating them general plant & Machinery. Assessee approached ITAT and AO argued that List of items on which 100% depreciation is allowed is specifically […]

Mobile phone cannot be fixed to a particular place, Depreciation allowable

September 10, 2021 7134 Views 0 comment Print

Rangbahar Vs Commissioner of Income Tax (ITAT Mumbai) In this case CIT (Commissioner of Income tax), disallowed depreciation on mobiles, as the assessee has not provided ‘the place of installation’ of Mobile Phones. Vide para 18 of the Revision Order of the CIT was of the opinion that the assessee has not provided “the place […]

Dumb Depreciation on Smart Mobile

September 9, 2021 27378 Views 2 comments Print

If ATM machine can be considered as a computer then why mobile phones and iPad? Considering change in technology, Mobile Phones should be considered as part of Computer and higher rate of Depreciation should be available to them.

Unabsorbed deprecation allowable against income from house property & other sources

September 5, 2021 2889 Views 0 comment Print

Hindon River Mills Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) The limited issue which arises in the present appeal is whether unabsorbed depreciation available in the hands of the assessee, where the business of the assessee has been temporarily closed and the assets leased for a short period in order to tide over the losses of business, […]

Depreciation on iPad chargeable at lower rates because it is not a computer

September 2, 2021 35910 Views 0 comment Print

Kohinoor Indian Pvt. Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Amritsar) M/S Kohinoor India Pvt. Ltd (Appellant) filed an appeal in the Appellate tribunal against the order dated March 14, 2017 passed by the Commissioner of Income tax (Appeals) (Respondent) in respect of assessment years 2012-13 and 2013-14, posing a question as to whether iPad falls under the […]

Uttarakhand HC upheld levy of Water Tax on hydropower projects

August 30, 2021 6072 Views 1 comment Print

The claim of the petitioners with regard to the ‘flow measuring devices’ not being installed by the Commission under Section 14.1 of the Act falls in the third alternative of adopting an indirect method for assessment of water drawn by the user.

Depreciation not allowable on non-compete fee

August 23, 2021 3498 Views 0 comment Print

Fortis Hospitals LTD. Vs ACIT (Delhi High Court) The appellant had entered into a Business Transfer Agreement with Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd. on 24.08 .2009, for acquiring a business division of Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd. consisting of ten hospitals situated in the cities of Bangalore, Kolkata and geographical limits of Eastern Mumbai. The appellant claims to have […]

Unabsorbed depreciation can be Carried Forward beyond 8 Years

August 23, 2021 40764 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs KMC Speciality Hospitals India Ltd (Madras High Court) It can be said that, current depreciation is deductible in the first place from the income of the business to which it relates. If such depreciation amount is larger than the amount of the profits of that business, then such excess comes for absorption from […]

Depreciation on Tenancy Rights allowable under the Income Tax Act

August 16, 2021 3456 Views 0 comment Print

Premier Book Company Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) M/s Premier Book Company (Appellant) has filed the current appeal challenging the order by the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) (CIT(A)) dated June 03, 2016 pertaining to Assessment Year (A.Y) 2010-11, which upheld the disallowance of depreciation on tenancy rights. The Assessing Officers disallowed the claim under […]

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