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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 2836780 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


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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 141 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


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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


Fixed Asset Management Tool with Depreciation Calculator for Companies

August 16, 2021 16752 Views 1 comment Print

Key Features of Fixed Asset Management Tool with Depreciation Calculator for Companies ♦ Line wise SLM and WDV Depreciation as per Companies Act 2013, ♦ Calculation of Depreciation under the Income Tax Act, ♦ Export of Tax Audit Data for Additions and Deletions during the Year ♦ Monthly Calculation for MIS

Depreciation under the Income Tax Act, 1961

August 10, 2021 219195 Views 1 comment Print

The provision for allowing depreciation is contained in Section 32 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Depreciation under the Income Tax Act is a deduction allowed for the reduction in the real value of a tangible or intangible asset used by a taxpayer. People claim depreciation deductions only for accounting or taxation purposes. What is Depreciation? Depreciation is […]

Depreciation allowable on Public Roads to developer

July 31, 2021 888 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs L & T Transportation Infrastructure Ltd. (Madras High Court) It is well-settled that there cannot be two owners of the property simultaneously and int he same sense of the term. The intention of the Legislature in enacting Section 32 of the Act would be best fulfilled by allowing deduction in respect of depreciation […]

Section 32 not mandate usage of asset by assessee itself for claiming depreciation

July 15, 2021 1068 Views 0 comment Print

Addl. CIT Vs Gillette Diversified Operations Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) Section 32 requires that the assessee must use the asset for the ‘purposes of business’. It does not mandate usage of the asset by the assessee itself. As long as the asset is utilized for the purpose of business of the assessee, the requirement of […]

Depreciation on smart phones functioning equivalent to computers

July 13, 2021 107577 Views 0 comment Print

Falcon Business Resources Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) The lower authorities while deciding the issue whether the depreciation is allowable on mobile phones @ 15% or considering the mobile phones computers @ 60%. This issue has been decided by the solitary decision of Hon’ble Kerala High Court in the case of Federal Bank Ltd. […]

Rule-8AC | Computation of STCG & WDV | Depreciation on Goodwill Claimed

July 9, 2021 6360 Views 0 comment Print

Rule-8AC of Income Tax Rules, 1962- Computation of STCG And WDV U/S 50 Where Depreciation On Goodwill Has Been Claimed Section-50 of Income tax Act deals with computation of capital gain in case of depreciable assets. By introducing Notification No. 77/2021 dated 07.07.2021, CBDT inserted the rule no-8AC after rule 8AB by further amending the […]

Depreciation and Short-term Capital Gain on Goodwill WEF AY 2021-22

July 8, 2021 20364 Views 2 comments Print

It was well settled position, before the amendments made by Finance Act 2021, that the depreciation can be claimed on ‘Purchased Goodwill’ under the Income tax Law and it was also supported by the decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Jogta Coal Co. Ltd. v. CIT 36 ITR 521 where the treatment […]

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

July 7, 2021 7863 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT inserts new Income Tax Rule 8AC -Computation of short term capital gains and written down value under section 50 where depreciation on goodwill has been obtained vide Notification No. 77/2021-Income Tax | Dated: 7th July, 2021 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) New Delhi Notification No. 77/2021-Income Tax | […]

Why is Goodwill non depreciable again?

June 17, 2021 3570 Views 0 comment Print

Why the conflict over depreciation of goodwill: To understand this from a layman’s perspective – any deduction by way of depreciation leads to reduction in profits from Business or Profession and thus Total income. What does that lead to -For the Government – reduced tax. -For the Buyer – reduced cost of acquiring an asset […]

No Cenvat Credit on Capital Goods for which full Depreciation is claimed under Income Tax

June 10, 2021 3270 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the case of Surya Alumex vs. Commissioner of Central Goods and Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi). Understand the implications of Rule 4(4) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 on Cenvat credit and depreciation claims.

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