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With a view to give a boost to the manufacturing sector, an additional depreciation shall be allowed to an industrial undertaking, subject to the provision given below. Such additional depreciation shall be in addition to the normal depreciation which is being allowed to all assessee.
There is no restriction on allowing balance of one time incentive in the subsequent year if the provisions are constructed reasonably, liberally and purposive. One has to notice that additional benefit was intended to give impetus to industrialisation and in that direction the assessee deserves to get the benefit in full when there is no restriction in the statute to deny the benefit of balance 50% when the new plant and machinery was acquired and put to use for less than 180 days in the immediately preceding year.
Himachal Pradesh High Court in the case of CIT vs. M/s Shree Triveni Foods held that the claim of depreciation for assessment years under dispute was not mandatory and therefore, the assessee could not be compelled to exercise the option as an obligation.
A reading of the agreement between STL and the assessee clarifies that a specific amount, i.e., Rs.9 Crores was paid by the assessee to the transferor who owned commercial rights towards the network and the facilities. The consideration was a specific value but for which the network would not have been otherwise transferred. In that sense, it constituted business or commercial rights which were similar to the enumerated intangible assets.
The Finance Bill, 2015 has proposed to provide allowance for the balance 50% of additional depreciation which has not been allowed in the year of acquisition, in the immediately succeeding previous year. This will apply from AY 2016-17 and subsequent Assessment Year’s.
To remove the discrimination in the matter of allowing additional depreciation on plant or machinery used for less than 180 days and used for 180 days or more, it is proposed to provide that the balance 50% of the additional depreciation on new plant or machinery acquired and used for less than 180 days which has not been allowed in the year of acquisition and installation of such plant or machinery, shall be allowed in the immediately succeeding previous year.
Section 94 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 inter alia provides that the Central Government shall take appropriate fiscal measures, including offer of tax incentives to the State of Andhra Pradesh and the State of Telangana, to promote industrialization and economic growth in both the States.
The present article deals with audit issues relating to deficiencies in applying the provisions of the Act and relevant Rules/Judicial pronouncements by the Assessing Officers (AOs) during assessments.
Income Tax Act, 1961, (Act) lays down diverse provisions on depreciation and/or amortisation for tax purposes as deduction to an assessee/ a company in the course of its business with the intention for promoting economic growth within the Country.
There is no mechanism available in the ITD to verify the veracity of claim of the assessees for depreciation in respect of additions made to the block of assets in previous year.
