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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 2843257 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 20718 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 108 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


No separate notional interest adjustment when working capital adjustment made under TNMM

March 7, 2026 429 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that upward adjustment on account of notional interest on outstanding receivables rightly deleted since TNMM has been applied and working capital adjustment has been given while benchmarking the main international transaction.

Depreciation disallowed as creation of goodwill in intra-group merger was colourable transaction

March 5, 2026 588 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that creation of artificial intangible asset i.e. goodwill in intra-group merger is merely a colourable transaction out between the Holding Company and the subsidiary company. Accordingly, depreciation claimed thereon deserves to be disallowed.

Post search abatement of pending assessments under 158BA(2) is not automatic

February 24, 2026 522 Views 0 comment Print

Orissa High Court held that post search operation all pending assessments/reassessments doesn’t not automatically get abated as provisions of section 158BA(2) of the Income Tax Act. Matter must specifically fall within Block Assessment Scheme for abatement. However, writ dismissed as power under Article 226 not invoked.

Depreciation allowable on difference between slump sale consideration and value of tangible assets

February 17, 2026 555 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that balancing figure between the slump sale consideration and the value of identifiable tangible assets represents goodwill or commercial rights in the nature of an intangible asset, and depreciation thereon is allowable under section 32(1)(ii) of the Income Tax Act.

Depreciation on Non-Compete Fee Allowed – Revenue-Neutral View Accepted: ITAT Delhi

February 14, 2026 348 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal allowed depreciation on non-compete fees despite Supreme Court ruling it as revenue expenditure, citing practical difficulty and revenue-neutral impact. Revenues appeal was dismissed.

Depreciation on Slump-Sale Goodwill Allowed – Goodwill held as Bundle of Commercial Rights; FA 2021 Amendment not Applicable to AY 2018-19

February 14, 2026 531 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that goodwill arising from acquisition of a business as a going concern represents a bundle of commercial and business rights. Following Supreme Court precedent, depreciation under Section 32 was allowed for AY 2018–19.

Deeming fiction of section 50C not extended while working WDV to claim depreciation on block of asset

February 7, 2026 375 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that deeming fiction of section 50C cannot be extended while working out the written down value [WDV] for the purpose of claiming depreciation on the block of asset. In other words, legal fiction for substantiating the sale consideration by the Stamp Duty Value created under either section 50 or section 43CA cannot be extended to section 32 for claiming depreciation on the block of the asset. Thus, order set aside.

ITAT Mumbai Allows 80IC Depreciation; Bogus Purchases Addition Restricted to 12%

February 5, 2026 315 Views 0 comment Print

Additions based on survey-time valuation of machinery were deleted as the Assessing Officer had not rejected the books of account. Prior binding orders in the same case were followed, reaffirming settled law.

ITAT Mumbai allows depreciation on goodwill from slump sale for AY 2020-21

January 28, 2026 1311 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that goodwill arising from slump sale of a going concern is a depreciable intangible asset under section 32(1)(ii) for AY 2020-21, deleting disallowance.

ITAT Lucknow Holds Original Assessment Revives Once Section 263 Order Is Set Aside

January 27, 2026 393 Views 0 comment Print

The ruling explains the procedural outcome when a section 263 order is set aside. Original assessment appeals are restored, while appeals from consequential orders are dismissed as infructuous.

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