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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 2836756 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 Allowed on Trucks Registered in Partners’ Names by ITAT Mumbai

October 17, 2025 798 Views 0 comment Print

Find out how ITAT Mumbai granted relief to Surat Road King, allowing depreciation on business assets (trucks) even when registered in partners names. Decision underscores principle of economic ownership over mere legal title and rejects ad-hoc disallowances made without concrete evidence.

Court-approved Schemes vs. ‘Slump Sale’ after Finance Act 2021–22: Legal Faultline and Practical Tax Planning

October 16, 2025 822 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT ruled in Grasim Industries that a court-sanctioned scheme transfer before the 2021 amendment is a transfer by law, not a slump sale under Section 50B. The change is not retrospective.

ITAT Ahmedabad Allows Depreciation on Amalgamation Goodwill for AY 2016-17

October 14, 2025 630 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal held that goodwill arising from court-approved amalgamation is a depreciable intangible asset. AO & CIT(A)’s disallowance based on colourable device allegation was quashed.

Important of Deprecation Under ‘Income From business Or Profession’ Head

September 29, 2025 1434 Views 0 comment Print

Learn key provisions of depreciation under Section 32, including eligibility, ownership, usage conditions, asset types, and applicable rates for tax purposes.

Brought forward additional depreciation of preceding year not to be set off against opening WDV

September 29, 2025 612 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that law doesn’t require brought forward additional depreciation from preceding year to be set off against opening WDV of the assets. Thus, revision u/s. 263 of the Income Tax Act not sustained as order of AO not erroneous.

Section 14A Restricted, 80IA Deduction Allowed, Intangible assets Depreciation Sustained

September 27, 2025 558 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad dismisses the Revenue’s appeals for AY 2017-18 and 2018-19, allowing the Rs.380 crore S 80IA deduction for operating infrastructure facilities, relying on prior cases and Madras HC precedents.

Interest on housing loan includible in cost of acquisition u/s. 48 provided not claimed as deduction u/s. 24(b)

September 16, 2025 978 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that interest on housing loan is allowed to be included in cost of acquisition of capital asset under section 48 of the Income Tax Act provided the same is not claimed as deduction u/s. 24(b). Accordingly, matter restored back to AO for verification.

DEPB scrips issued by DGFT cannot be held void by DRI: CESTAT Delhi

September 11, 2025 480 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that the DEPB scrips issued by the DGFT cannot be held ab initio null and void by the DRI or any other Customs Officers. Accordingly, confirmation of the demand under section 125(2) of the Customs Act, 1962 in the impugned order is without any authority of law.

ITAT Ahmedabad Allows Additional Depreciation Because Claim Was Bonafide Oversight

September 3, 2025 426 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Heena Parthiv Thakkar vs ADIT the ITAT Ahmedabad allowed an assesses appeal granting a claim for additional depreciation on new plant and machinery. The tribunal  decision addressed the disallowance of depreciation emphasizing that eligible statutory allowances should be granted even if not claimed initially due to a bonafide mistake.

Assessee is entitled for additional depreciation not claimed in preceding year

September 3, 2025 840 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that the assessee is entitled for its claim of additional depreciation qua amounts not claimed in the preceding year. Thus, claim of the additional depreciation made during the year is allowed.

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