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What are Terminal Depreciation and Balancing Charges under income tax act?

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Question added by Mohammad Ali , Accounts Officer ( Contract) , Bharat Pumps & Compressors Ltd Naini Allahabad
Date Posted: 2014/10/27
VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

Terminal Depreciation:

Where an asset on which depreciation has been  claimed u/s  32 (1) (i) which is sold destroyed or discarded and if the Sales consideration is less that Actual cost less depreciation allowed then the difference between two factors shall be allowed as Terminal Depreciation in the previous year in which it is sold destroyed or discarded.

Balancing charges:

Where an asset on which depreciation has been  claimed u/s  32 (1) (i) which is sold destroyed or discarded and if the Sales consideration is less that Actual cost less depreciation, 

Then the least of the following will be treated as income from PGBP as balancing charge.

1. cost less written down value  2.Sales consideration less written down value. 

FITAH MOHAMED
by FITAH MOHAMED , Financial Manager , FUEL AND ENERGY CO for transportion petroleum materials

AGREE WITH MR VENKITARAMAN 

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