Depreciation.
5. (1) Subject to the provisions of
sub-rule (2), the allowance under clause (ii) of sub- section (1) of section 32 in respect of depreciation
of any block of assets shall be calculated at the percentages specified in the
second column of the Table in Appendix I to these rules on the written down
value of such block of assets as are used for the purposes of the business or
profession of the assessee at any time during the previous year:
1[Provided that the
allowance under clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 32 in respect of
depreciation of any block of assets entitled to more than forty per cent. shall
be restricted to forty per cent. on the written down value of such block of
assets in case of -
(i)
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a domestic
company which has exercised option under sub-section (4) of section 115BA, or
under sub-section (5) of section 115BAA, or under sub-section (7) of section
115BAB; or
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(ii)
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an individual or
Hindu undivided family which has exercised option under sub-section (5) of
section 115BAC; or
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(iii)
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a co-operative
society resident in India which has exercised option under sub-section (5) of
section 115BAD:
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Provided further that,
for the purposes of section 115BAA, if the following conditions are
satisfied, namely: -
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(i)
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option under
sub-section (5) thereof is exercised for a previous year relevant to the
assessment year beginning on the 1st day of April, 2020;
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(ii)
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there is a
depreciation allowance, in respect of a block of asset, from any earlier
assessment year or allowance of unabsorbed depreciation deemed so under
section 72A, which is attributable to the provisions in clause (iia) of
sub-section (1) of section 32; and
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(iii)
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such depreciation
or allowance for unabsorbed depreciation is not allowed to be set off under
clause (ii) or clause (iii) of sub-section (2) thereof, the written down
value of the block of asset as on the 1st day of April, 2019 shall be
increased by such depreciation or allowance for unabsorbed depreciation not
allowed to be set off:
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Provided also that,
for the purposes of section 115BAC and section 115BAD, if the following
conditions are satisfied, namely: -
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(i)
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the option under
sub-section (5) of the respective section is exercised for a previous year
relevant to the assessment year beginning on the 1st day of April, 2021;
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(ii)
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there is a
depreciation allowance, in respect of a block of asset, from any earlier
assessment year which is attributable to the provisions in clause (iia) of
sub-section (1) of section 32; and
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(iii)
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such depreciation
is not allowed to be set off under sub-clause (a) of clause (ii) of
sub-section (2) of section 115BAC or clause (ii) of sub-section (2) of
section 115BAD, the written down value of the block of asset as on the 1st
day of April, 2020 shall be increased by such depreciation not allowed to be
set off.]
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[(1A) The allowance
under clause (i) of sub-section
(1) of section 32 of the Act in respect of depreciation of assets acquired on
or after 1st day of April, 1997 shall be calculated at the percentage specified
in the second column of the Table in Appendix IA of these rules on the actual
cost thereof to the assessee as are used for the purposes of the business of
the assessee at any time during the previous year :
Provided that the aggregate depreciation allowed in
respect of any asset for different assessment years shall not exceed the actual
cost of the said asset :
Provided further that the undertaking specified in clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 32
of the Act may, instead of the depreciation specified in Appendix IA, at its
option, be allowed depreciation under sub-rule (1) read with Appendix I, if
such option is exercised before the due date for furnishing the return of
income under sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Act,
(a)
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for the assessment year 1998-99, in the case
of an undertaking which began to generate power prior to 1st day of April,
1997; and
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(b)
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for the assessment year relevant to the
previous year in which it begins to generate power, in case of any other
undertaking :
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Provided also that any such option once exercised shall be
final and shall apply to all the subsequent assessment years.]
(2) Where any new
machinery or plant is installed during the previous year relevant to the
assessment year commencing on or after the 1st day of April, 1988, for the
purposes of business of manufacture or production of any article or thing and
such article or thing—
(a)
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is manufactured or produced by using any
technology (including any process) or other know-how developed in, or
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(b)
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is an article or thing invented in,
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a laboratory owned or
financed by the Government or a laboratory owned by a public sector company or
a University or an institution recognised in this behalf by the Secretary,
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India,
such plant or
machinery shall be treated as a part of block of assets qualifying for
depreciation at the rate of [40] per cent of written down value, if the
following conditions are fulfilled, namely :—
(i)
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the right to use such technology (including
any process) or other know- how or to manufacture or produce such article or
thing has been acquired from the owner of such laboratory or any person
deriving title from such owner ;
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(ii)
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the return furnished by the assessee for his
income, or the income of any other person in respect of which he is
assessable, for any previous year in which the said machinery or plant is
acquired, shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Secretary,
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India, to the
effect that such article or thing is manufactured or produced by using such
technology (including any process) or other know-how developed in such
laboratory or is an article or thing invented in such laboratory ; and
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(iii)
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the machinery or plant is not used for the
purpose of business of manufacture or production of any article or thing
specified in the list in the Eleventh Schedule to the Act.
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Explanation : For the purposes
of this sub-rule,—
(a)
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“laboratory financed by the Government”
means a laboratory owned by any body [including a society registered under
the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860)], and financed wholly or
mainly by the Government ;
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(b)
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“public sector company” means any
corporation established by or under any Central, State or Provincial Act or a
Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of
1956) ; and
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(c)
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“University” means a University established
or incorporated by or under a Central, State or Provincial Act and includes
an institution declared under section 3 of the University Grants Commission
Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), to be a University for the purposes of that Act.]
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