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Rates of Depreciation as Per Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This guide compiles the depreciation rates applicable to buildings, machinery, vehicles, computers, renewable energy assets, ships...

July 1, 2026 2843296 Views 148 comments Print

Depreciation under Income-tax Act and Companies Act

Income Tax : This article explains depreciation provisions under the Income-tax Act and Companies Act, including WDV, SLM, additional depreciat...

June 17, 2026 918 Views 0 comment Print

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 1311 Views 0 comment 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 1602 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 1680 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 16971 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 9153 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 20724 Views 0 comment Print


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Amalgamation Goodwill Eligible for Depreciation; Notional Interest on AE Receivables Deleted: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT held that goodwill arising on amalgamation qualifies as a depreciable intangible asset. It also deleted the TP adjustment on ...

July 4, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

ESOP Deduction to Be Computed on Straight-Line Basis: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT held that computer software is eligible for 60% depreciation and directed the AO only to verify its actual cost before comput...

June 30, 2026 162 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Excludes Incomparable Companies as Functional Differences & Turnover Distorted TP Analysis

Income Tax : ITAT held that stamp duty paid for lease registration was deductible as revenue expenditure in the year it was incurred....

June 30, 2026 405 Views 0 comment Print

Computer Software Eligible for 60% Depreciation: ITAT Chennai

Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld the set-off of eligible unit losses against other business profits by following binding judicial precedents....

June 30, 2026 156 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT Allows 60% Software Depreciation, Limits Section 14A Disallowance

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that application software purchased independently from computer hardware is still covered under the specific de...

June 26, 2026 192 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 7953 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 137430 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 8269 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 18538 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 28585 Views 3 comments Print


Dumb Depreciation on Smart Mobile

September 9, 2021 27504 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 2946 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 36102 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 6159 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 3555 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 40839 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 3522 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 […]

Fixed Asset Management Tool with Depreciation Calculator for Companies

August 16, 2021 16971 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 219456 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 927 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 […]

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