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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 Allowable on owned Assets rented for manufacturing

February 26, 2021 930 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee was entitled to depreciation on owned assets which were rented out to a third party for manufacturing purposes applying assessee’s own case of earlier year.

Depreciation allowable on fixed assets purchased by assessee in cash

February 17, 2021 4827 Views 0 comment Print

Daawat Foods Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) As far as the disallowance of the depreciation of Rs.93,406/-on the capital expenditure is concerned, we find that AO has disallowed the depreciation on the capital expenditure of Rs.5,35,468/- which has been stated to have been incurred by the assessee in cash. We find that the Co-ordinate Bench […]

No more Depreciation allowed on Goodwill

February 8, 2021 9285 Views 0 comment Print

As the budget 2021 unveiled, it came up with the proposals to boost the economy and certain important proposed amendments. One of the proposed amendments was  ‘No more Depreciation on Goodwill’.

Depreciation on Goodwill

February 4, 2021 14760 Views 0 comment Print

Section 2 of the Act provides the definitions for the purposes of the Act. Clause (11) of the said section defines―block of assets‖ to mean a group of assets falling within a class of assets comprising, tangible assets, being buildings, machinery, plant or furniture and intangible assets, being know-how, patents, copyrights, trade-marks, licences, franchises or […]

No Depreciation on Goodwill- Finance Bill 2021

February 4, 2021 26499 Views 1 comment Print

A brief analysis of the provisions and how it may impact: Depreciation on Goodwill has been one long debatable issue. Even after Supreme Court Judgment in the case of Smiff Securities Limited wherein the Supreme Court of India held that goodwill of a business is a depreciable asset, taxman have been issuing notices to companies […]

Balance Unclaimed additional depreciation allowable in immediately succeeding assessment year

January 27, 2021 1281 Views 0 comment Print

Supermax Personal Care Private Ltd Vs. DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) The facts on record clearly reveal that in Assessment Year 2012-13 the assessee had purchased new plant and machinery on which additional depreciation @20% is allowable. However, since the plant and machinery were put to use for a period of less than 180 days in Assessment […]

Depreciation eligible on Bus Terminal constructed on BOT basis

January 5, 2021 888 Views 0 comment Print

JCIT (OSD) Vs Rohan and Rajdeep Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Pune) Assessee incurred expenditure in constructing Amritsar Bus Terminal on BOT basis and to recoup the said investment, the assessee was allowed to collect add a fees from the users of the said bus terminal. In our view, the said right is business or commercial […]

Depreciation eligible on right to collect Adda fees against expense on construction of Bus Terminal 

January 5, 2021 1164 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee also incurred expenditure in constructing Amritsar Bus Terminal on BOT basis and to recoup said investment, assessee was allowed to collect Adda fees from users of said bus terminal. The said right was business or commercial right in terms of section 32(1)(ii) and was an intangible asset, therefore, assessee was entitled to claim depreciation.

ITAT allows Depreciation to Trust- Section 11(6) amendment is prospective

December 21, 2020 4980 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs M/s. Mayo College General Council (ITAT Jodhpur) The deduction of depreciation for Rs.300.37 Lacs as claimed by the assessee was denied by Ld. AO on the reasoning that cost of fixed asset is an application of income and therefore further deduction of depreciation tantamount to double deduction. The Ld. CIT(A) allowed depreciation by […]

Depreciation cannot be claimed on non-compete fee as it cannot be termed as intangible asset

December 19, 2020 1674 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Fortis Hospitals Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) Non compete fee did not confer any exclusive right to carry-on the primary business activity. The right is restricted only to the particular party or individual and does not have the exclusivity over the rest of the world. Thus, non-compete fee cannot be termed as intangible asset. The […]

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