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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 2843290 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 111 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


Batteries used with UPS and forming system for power back up qualifies for depreciation at 60%

July 2, 2018 30177 Views 1 comment Print

In view of CIT v. BSES Yamuna Powers Ltd. (2013) 358 ITR 47 (Delhi), batteries which were used along with UPS and which formed a system for power back up in case of power failure qualified for depreciation at 60 per cent.

UPS is Integral part of Computer and eligible for 60% Depreciation

June 30, 2018 17262 Views 0 comment Print

The aforesaid appeal has been filed by the Revenue against the impugned order dated 12.09.2014, passed by the Ld. CIT(Appeals)-XX, New Delhi for the quantum of assessment passed u/s.144C(3) for the Assessment Year 2007-08. In the grounds of appeal, following grounds have been raised.

In case of finance lease, lessor eligible to claim depreciation

June 27, 2018 12324 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal by the Assessee is arising out of the order of Commissioner (Appeals)-5, Mumbai, (in short CIT(A)) in appeal No. CIT(A)-5/DCIT-2(2)/IT-118/2006-07 dated 15-11-2011. The Assessment was framed by the Deputy Commissioner, Circle-2(2), Mumbai (in short DCIT) for the assessment year 2004-05 vide order even dated 18-12-2006 under section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter ‘the Act).

Printer being part of computer system eligible for 60% depreciation

June 26, 2018 15315 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs. Cactus Imaging India (P.) Ltd. (Madras High Court) It can be inferred that the machines ‘computer printers’ under consideration can either be called computers-printers, since a lot of independent functions done by the computers are done by these printers and they can be called an integral part of the computer system. It should […]

Disallowance for personal use of Car cannot be made for mere non maintenance of log book

June 25, 2018 5067 Views 0 comment Print

Where the cars were used by the society for its work of school, and these cars were used for various purposes, such as, liaisoning with DIOS and CBSE Board, etc, such contentions had not been refuted with any cogent evidence, by AO therefore, no disallowance was to be made.

Bifurcation of consideration into land and building separately necessary for claiming depreciation

June 24, 2018 11196 Views 0 comment Print

Where assessee made no bifurcation of land and building and claimed depreciation on entire amount, therefore the case was remanded back to AO for bifurcating consideration into land & building and depreciation was to be allowed only on building portion.

Brand is an intellectual property eligible for depreciation U/s. 32

June 21, 2018 6006 Views 0 comment Print

As per para 7, 8 and 9 of the Accounting Standard 26 (AS 26) issued by the ICAI, the definition of intangible asset and trade mark specifically includes brand names.It was held by the Hon’ble Mumbai Tribunal that brand is an intangible asset eligible for depreciation under Section 32 of the Act.

Mere wrong claim of depreciation would not invite penalty U/s. 271(1)(c)

May 16, 2018 3048 Views 0 comment Print

A mere making of a wrong, though bona fide claim of depreciation, which is not sustainable in law, by itself will not amount to furnishing inaccurate particulars of income and therefore, such wrong claim will not automatically invite penalty under section 271(1)(c).

Additional depreciation eligible on wind turbine generators used for generation of electricity

April 29, 2018 3594 Views 0 comment Print

Wind World India Infrastructure (P) Ltd. Vs. Pr. CIT (ITAT Mumbai) Assessee contended that wind turbine generators were used for generation of electricity, which is akin to manufacturing of an article or thing as the electricity is intangible and its effect can be seen and felt, transferred, delivered, stored, processed, etc. It was, thus submitted […]

Depreciation on Motor Car cannot be disallowed partly on Personal use assumption

April 22, 2018 14991 Views 0 comment Print

When motor vehicles are in the gross block of the company and used for business it cannot ipso facto lead to an inference that the depreciation has to be partly disallowed on the assumption that these are partly used for personal use: Claridges Hotels case.

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