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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


Latest Judiciary


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


Depreciation allowable on Machinery ready but could not be put to use

April 21, 2021 5490 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Agile Electric Sub Assembly Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Chennai) Admittedly, the assessee has filed a tabular chart explaining date of purchase of machinery and completion of commissioning of such machinery, as per which all the plant and machinery was commissioned before 30.03.2013. The assessee had also placed on record commissioning report for installation and […]

Allowability of membership fee paid to MCX Exchange Ltd.

April 21, 2021 1485 Views 0 comment Print

Unifi Capital Pvt. Ltd. Vs Income Tax Officer (ITAT Chennai) Admittedly, membership fee paid to any stock exchange including MCX Exchange Ltd., is for acquiring a right in membership of exchanges for trading in shares and securities. Further membership rights in any stock exchange including MCX Exchange Ltd., is a transferable right. Therefore, said right […]

Once property let out it loses its character as a business asset

April 19, 2021 1713 Views 0 comment Print

Nutech Engineering Technologies Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) We noted that the assessee has claimed depreciation on the property sold as Lunkard Sky Max of 17 units in AYs 2010-11 and 2011-12. But from AY 2012-13 i.e. Financial Year 2011-12 out of 17 units 7 units were given on rent and accordingly rental income was […]

ITAT directs AO to consider allowability of Additional depreciation claimed during assessment proceedings

March 18, 2021 1362 Views 0 comment Print

Lord Krishna Rice Mills Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Whether the assessee can claim additional depreciation which was not claimed in the original return or not claimed through revised return, but, was claimed during the course of assessment proceedings. As per the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of M/s Goetze (India) Ltd. […]

ITAT allows depreciation on Goodwill

March 17, 2021 2490 Views 0 comment Print

Geodis Overseas Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) We find, the AO, in the instant case, disallowed depreciation on goodwill on the ground that the assessee has not become the sole logistic service provider to IBM India, the value of workforce does not facilitate the smooth carrying on of the business of the assessee and […]

ITAT allows depreciation on car despite non-production of car purchase Invoice

March 16, 2021 1041 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi Call Centre Private Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi)  The only objection to the allowance of depreciation by the Lower Authorities is that the assessee could not produce copy of purchase invoice of the vehicle. It is undisputed that the Department has allowed interest on vehicle loan as well as has also allowed the expenditure […]

Budget 2021 – Goodwill, no longer a depreciable asset [effective from April 1, 2021]

March 13, 2021 27741 Views 1 comment Print

Treatment of goodwill: ♣ Accounting Standard 14 (Accounting for Amalgamation) allows amortization of goodwill, acquired in a business acquisition, over a period not exceeding 5 years unless a longer period can be justified. ♣ Ind AS 103 (Business Combinations) requires amortization of goodwill over its useful life if the same is finite. But if the […]

Depreciation Allowable on owned Assets rented for manufacturing

February 26, 2021 957 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 4863 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 9336 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’.

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