Depreciation under Income Tax Act, 1961 & Depreciation under Companies Act, 2013 Rates of depreciation (for income-tax)
AS APPLICABLE FROM THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2003-04 ONWARDS
Block of assets Depreciation allowance as percentage of written down value
| AYs 2003-04 to 2005- | AY 2006-07 to AY | AY 2018- 19 onwards | |
| 06 | 2017-18 | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| PART A | |||
| TANGIBLE ASSETS | |||
| I. BUILDING [See Notes 1 to 4 below the Table] | |||
| (1) Buildings which are used mainly for residential purposes except hotels and boarding houses | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| (2) Buildings other than those used mainly for residential purposes and not covered by sub-items (1) above and (3) below | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| (3) Buildings acquired on or after the 1st day of September, 2002 for installing machinery and plant forming part of water supply project or water treatment system and which is put to use for the purpose of business of providing infra- structure facilities under clause (i) of sub-section (4) of section 80-IA | 100 | 100 | 40 |
| (4) Purely temporary erections such as wooden structures | 100 | 100 | 40 |
| II. FURNITURE AND FITTINGS | |||
| Furniture and fittings including electrical fittings [See Note 5 below the Table] | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| III. MACHINERY AND PLANT | |||
| (1) Machinery and plant other than those covered by sub- items (2), (3) and (8) below : [See Note 5A below the Table] | 25 | 15 | 15 |
| (2) (i) Motor cars, other than those used in a business of running them on hire, acquired or put to use on or after the 1st day of April, 1990 except those covered under entry (ii); | 20 | 15 | 15 |
(ii) Motor cars, other than those used in a business of running them on hire, acquired on or after the 23rd day of
August, 2019 but before the 1st day of April, 2020 and is put to use before the 1st day of April, 2020.
(3) (i) Aeroplanes – Aeroengines
(ii) (a) Motor buses, motor lorries and motor taxis used in a business of running them on hire other than those covered under entry (b).
(b) Motor buses, motor lorries and motor taxis used in a business of running them on hire, acquired on or after the
23rd day of August, 2019 but before the 1st day of April, 2020 and is put to use before the 1st day of April, 2020.
