Method of Calculation of the depreciation which should be allowed to the 'Capital Goods' at the time of assessment of duty from Free Trade Zone/100% Export Oriented Units to Domestic Tariff Area - Regarding - Central Excise - 64/64/94-CX

Method of Calculation of the depreciation which should be allowed to the 'Capital Goods' at the time of assessment of duty from Free Trade Zone/100% Export Oriented Units to Domestic Tariff Area - Regarding Circular No. 64/64/94-CX Dated 29-9-1994 [From F.No. 268/29/94-CX.8] Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Central Board of Excise and Customs, New Delhi Subject : Method of Calculation of the depreciation which should be allowed to the 'Capital Goods' at the time of assessment of duty from Free Trade Zone/100% Export Oriented Units to Domestic Tariff Area - Regarding. Attention is invited to Notification No. 57/94-C.E., dated 1st March, 1994 permitting 100% EOU to pay the duty on depreciated value if capital goods, material handling equipments, office equipments, captive power plants'or, as the case may be, captive generating sets are allowed by the Board, to be cleared to DTA. 2. In the above connection, it is observed that rate of depreciation has already been prescribed vide Circular No. 305/52/85-FTT, dated 15-4-1987 in case of DTA clearance of imported goods. 3. A doubt have been expressed as to whether the aforesaid method of calculation should also be applicable in cases where the indigenous Capital Goods are cleared by such units. 4. The issue has been examined and it has been decided that the method for calculating depreciation assessment in the above circular should apply mutatis mutandis to those cases also where Capital Goods have been procured from domestic market and are cleared by such units to DTA. The rate of depreciation of such goods should be as follows :- For every quarter during 1st year — 4% For every quarter during 2nd year — 3% For very quarter during 3rd year  — 2.5% For every quarter during 4th year and thereafter       — 2% Subject to an overall limit of 70%. The receipt of the above circular pay please be acknowledged.