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2014 (1) TMI 497 - HC - Income Tax


Issues:
- Whether the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal was correct in allowing depreciation on machinery when a lower net profit rate of 8% on contract receipts had been upheld and no account books were maintained?

Analysis:
The High Court was presented with the question of law referred by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal regarding the allowance of depreciation on machinery in a case where the assessee's income was assessed at a net profit rate of 8% without maintaining account books. The counsel for the revenue argued that since no account books were maintained and the assessee was assessed at a lower net profit rate, the ITAT erred in allowing depreciation on machinery. However, the Court, after hearing the arguments, found no error of jurisdiction or law in the decision of the ITAT.

The counsel for the revenue failed to identify any provision that would prevent an assessee from claiming depreciation when their income is assessed based on a net profit rate. It was acknowledged that an amendment introduced a statutory impediment on claiming depreciation in certain cases, but this amendment was applicable from a later date and did not impact the assessment in question, which pertained to the year 1989-90. Therefore, the Court concluded that there was no legal impediment for the assessee to claim depreciation even with a net profit rate of 8%.

Based on the above analysis, the High Court disposed of the reference by ruling against the revenue and upholding the right of the assessee to claim depreciation on machinery despite the lower net profit rate applied in the assessment. The judgment clarified that in the absence of any specific legal provision restricting the allowance of depreciation in such circumstances, the assessee was entitled to avail of depreciation benefits as per the applicable laws at the time of assessment.

 

 

 

 

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