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Definition of Depreciation

Depreciation is the systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an asset over its useful life. The depreciable amount of an asset is the cost of an asset or other amount substituted for cost, less its residual value. The useful life of an asset is the period over which an asset is expected to be available for use by an entity, or the number of production or similar units expected to be obtained from the asset by the entity. For the purpose of this Schedule, the term depreciation includes amortization.

Calculation of Depreciation

Depreciation is Calculated as per the provisions of income tax act for income tax return and companies are calculated as per companies act. So Depreciation is calculated by two method one is as per companies act or one is as per income tax act. Today we provide depreciation chart as per income tax act for easily calculate depreciation.

Provisions of Depreciation As per Companies Act 2013

As per Companies Act 2013 Depreciation calculation is not mandatory But every company is calculated depreciation. So All firms who furnish return of companies (ROC Return) is calculate depreciation as per companies act

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Depreciation rates as per companies act 2013 – Updated

Nature of assetsUseful Life
I. Buildings [NESD]
(a) Buildings (other than factory buildings) RCC Frame Structure60 Years
(b) Buildings (other than factory buildings) other than RCC Frame Structure30 Years
(c) Factory buildings-do-
(d) Fences, wells, tube wells5 Years
(e) Others (including temporary structure, etc.)3 Years
II. Bridges, culverts, bunders, etc. [NESD]30 Years
III. Roads [NESD]
(a) Carpeted roads
(i) Carpeted Roads-RCC10 Years
(ii) Carpeted Roads-other than RCC5 Years
(b) Non-carpeted roads3 Years
IV. Plant and Machinery
(i) General rate applicable to plant and machinery not covered under special plant and machinery
(a) Plant and Machinery other than continuous process plant not covered under specific industries15 Years
[(b) continuous process plant for which no special rate has been  prescribed under (ii) below [NESD]]25 Years
(ii) Special Plant and Machinery
(a) Plant and Machinery related to production and exhibition of Motion Picture Films
1. Cinematograph films—Machinery used in the production and exhibition of cinematograph films, recording and reproducing equipments, developing machines, printing machines, editing machines, synchronizers and studio lights except bulbs13 Years
2. Projecting equipment for exhibition of films-do-
(b) Plant and Machinery used in glass manufacturing
1. Plant and Machinery except direct fire glass melting furnaces — Recuperative and regenerative glass melting furnaces13 Years
2. Plant and Machinery except direct fire glass melting furnaces — Moulds [NESD]8 Years
3. Float Glass Melting Furnaces [NESD]10 Years
(c) Plant and Machinery used in mines and quarries—Portable underground machinery and earth moving machinery used in open cast mining [NESD]8 Years
(d) Plant and Machinery used in Telecommunications [NESD]
1. Towers18 Years
2. Telecom transceivers, switching centres, transmission and other network equipment13 Years
3. Telecom—Ducts, Cables and optical fibre18 Years
4. Satellites-do-
(e) Plant and Machinery used in exploration, production and refining oil and gas [NESD]
1. Refineries25 Years
2. Oil and gas assets (including wells), processing plant and facilities-do-
3. Petrochemical Plant-do-
4. Storage tanks and related equipment-do-
5. Pipelines30 Years
6. Drilling Rig-do-
7. Field operations (above ground) Portable boilers, drilling tools, well-head tanks, etc.8 Years
8. Loggers-do-
(f) Plant and Machinery used in generation, transmission and distribution of power [NESD]
1. Thermal/ Gas/ Combined Cycle Power Generation Plant40 Years
2. Hydro Power Generation Plant-do-
3. Nuclear Power Generation Plant-do-
4. Transmission lines, cables and other network assets-do-
5. Wind Power Generation Plant22 Years
6. Electric Distribution Plant35 Years
7. Gas Storage and Distribution Plant30 Years
8. Water Distribution Plant including pipelines-do-
(g) Plant and Machinery used in manufacture of steel
1. Sinter Plant20 Years
2. Blast Furnace-do-
3. Coke ovens-do-
4. Rolling mill in steel plant-do-
5. Basic oxygen Furnace Converter25 Years
(h) Plant and Machinery used in manufacture of non-ferrous metals
1. Metal pot line [NESD]40 Years
2. Bauxite crushing and grinding section [NESD]-do-
3. Digester Section [NESD]-do-
4. Turbine [NESD]-do-
5. Equipments for Calcination [NESD]-do-
6. Copper Smelter [NESD]-do-
7. Roll Grinder40 Years
8. Soaking Pit30 Years
9. Annealing Furnace-do-
10. Rolling Mills-do-
11. Equipments for Scalping, Slitting , etc. [NESD]-do-
12. Surface Miner, Ripper Dozer, etc., used in mines25 Years
13. Copper refining plant [NESD]-do-
(i) Plant and Machinery used in medical and surgical operations [NESD]
1. Electrical Machinery, X-ray and electrotherapeutic apparatus and accessories thereto, medical, diagnostic equipments, namely, Cat-scan, Ultrasound Machines, ECG Monitors, etc.13 Years
2. Other Equipments15 Years
(j) Plant and Machinery used in manufacture of pharmaceuticals and chemicals [NESD]
1. Reactors20 Years
2. Distillation Columns-do-
3. Drying equipments/Centrifuges and Decanters-do-
4. Vessel/storage tanks-do-
(k) Plant and Machinery used in civil construction
1. Concreting, Crushing, Piling Equipments and Road Making Equipments12 Years
2. Heavy Lift Equipments—
Cranes with capacity of more than 100 tons20 Years
Cranes with capacity of less than 100 tons15 Years
3. Transmission line, Tunneling Equipments [NESD]10 Years
4. Earth-moving equipments9 Years
5. Others including Material Handling /Pipeline/Welding Equipments [NESD]12 Years
(l) Plant and Machinery used in salt works [NESD]15 Years
V. Furniture and fittings [NESD]
(i) General furniture and fittings10 Years
(ii) Furniture and fittings used in hotels, restaurants and boarding houses, schools, colleges and other educational institutions, libraries; welfare centres; meeting halls, cinema houses; theatres and circuses; and furniture and fittings let out on hire for use on the occasion of marriages and similar functions.8 Years
VI. Motor Vehicles [NESD]
1. Motor cycles, scooters and other mopeds10 Years
2. Motor buses, motor lorries, motor cars and motor taxies used in a business of running them on hire6 Years
3. Motor buses, motor lorries and motor cars other than those used in a business of running them on hire8 Years
4. Motor tractors, harvesting combines and heavy vehicles-do-
5. Electrically operated vehicles including battery powered or fuel cell powered vehicles8 Years
VII. Ships [NESD]
1. Ocean-going ships
(i) Bulk Carriers and liner vessels25 Years
(ii) Crude tankers, product carriers and easy chemical carriers with or without conventional tank coatings.20 Years
(iii) Chemicals and Acid Carriers:
(a) With Stainless steel tanks25 Years
(b) With other tanks20 Years
(iv) Liquified gas carriers30 Years
(v) Conventional large passenger vessels which are used for cruise purpose also-do-
(vi) Coastal service ships of all categories-do-
(vii) Offshore supply and support vessels20 Years
(viii) Catamarans and other high speed passenger for ships or boats-do-
(ix) Drill ships25 Years
(x) Hovercrafts15 Years
(xi) Fishing vessels with wooden hull10 Years
(xii) Dredgers, tugs, barges, survey launches and other similar ships used mainly for dredging purposes14 Years
2. Vessels ordinarily operating on inland waters—
(i) Speed boats13 Years
(ii) Other vessels28 Years
VIII. Aircrafts or Helicopters [NESD]20 Years
IX. Railways sidings, locomotives, rolling stocks, tramways and railways used by concerns, excluding railway concerns [NESD]15 Years
X. Ropeway structures [NESD]– do-
XI. Office equipment [NESD]5 Years
XII. Computers and data processing units [NESD]
(i) Servers and networks6 Years
(ii) End user devices, such as, desktops, laptops, etc.3 Years
XIII. Laboratory equipment [NESD]
(i) General laboratory equipment10 Yeras
(ii) Laboratory equipments used in educational institutions5 Years
XIV. Electrical Installations and Equipment [NESD]10 Years
XV. Hydraulic works, pipelines and sluices [NESD]15 Years

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Latest Comments

  1. SIR,
    Is there is any rates mandatory to charge depreciation for companies or management can apply any rate depending upon its use by making some clarifications in notes of accounts while filling to ROC ????

    Reply
  2. Hi
    I am doing job in pvt. ltd. co. i want to know that which act applied for calculation of depreciation companies act or income tax act so please guide me and also companies act when applied and income tax act when ?

    Reply
    • both are applied.
      for filling return to ROC companies act depreciation shcedule is mandatory,and if Tax audit is mandatory then it is required to fill return as per Income tax act and depreciation schedule of both as per it act and companies act is required.

      Reply
  3. Hiii

    If asset is purchased before 31.03.2014 then what is the treatment of depreciation on that asset. whether rate of depreciation be changed after 31.03.2014?

    one more thing

    whether depreciation provision is of co. act 2013 have retrospective effect and if any difference is arised in amount as per old provision and amount as per new provision whether that difference will be transferred to Retained Earnings?

    Reply
  4. What to do if company has not prepared individual asset wise detail and had showed net balance of all plant and machines under one figure
    Any short method to calculate depreciation in this case

    Reply

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