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Rates of Depreciation Under Company Act

Nature of Assets Useful
Life		 Rate
[SLM]		 Rate
[WDV]
(I) Buildings [NESD]
(a) Building (other than factory buildings) RCC Frame Structure 60 1.58% 4.87%
(b) Building (other than factory buildings) other than RCC
Frame Structure		 30 3.17% 9.50%
(c) Factory buildings 30 3.17% 9.50%
(d) Fences, wells, tube wells 5 19.00% 45.07%
(e) Other (including temporary structure, etc.) 3 31.67% 63.16%
(II) Bridges, culverts, bunkers, etc. [NESD] 30 3.17% 9.50%
(III) Roads [NESD]
(a) Carpeted Roads
(i) Carpeted Roads – RCC 10 9.50% 25.89%
(ii) Carpeted Roads – other than RCC 5 19.00% 45.07%
(b) Non-carpeted roads 3 31.67% 63.16%
(IV) Plant and Machinery
(a) General rate applicable to Plant and Machinery not
covered under Special Plant and Machinery
(i) Plant and Machinery other than continuous process plant not
covered under specific		 15 6.33% 18.10%
(ii) Continuous process plant for which no special rate has been
prescribed under (ii) below		 8 11.88% 31.23%
(b) Special Plant and Machinery
(i) 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		 13 7.31% 20.58%
2 Projecting equipment for exhibition of films 13 7.31% 20.58%
(ii) Plant and Machinery used in glass
1 Plant and Machinery except direct fire glass melting furnaces
– Recuperative and regenerative glass melting furnaces		 13 7.31% 20.58%
2 Plant and Machinery except direct fire glass melting furnaces
– Moulds [NESD]		 8 11.88% 31.23%
3 Float Glass Melting Furnaces [NESD] 10 9.50% 25.89%
(iii) Plant and Machinery used in mines and quarries Portable
underground machinery and earth moving machinery used in
open cast mining		 8 11.88% 31.23%
(iv) Plant and Machinery used in Telecommunications [NESD]
1 Towers 18 5.28% 15.33%
2 Telecom transceivers, switching centres, transmission and
other network equipment		 13 7.31% 20.58%
3 Telecom – Ducts, Cables and optical fibre 18 5.28% 15.33%
4 Satellites 18 5.28% 15.33%
(v) Plant and Machinery used in exploration, production and
refining oil and gas [NESD]
1 Refineries 25 3.80% 11.29%
2 Oil and gas assets (including wells), processing plant and
facilities		 25 3.80% 11.29%
3 Petrochemical Plant 25 3.80% 11.29%
4 Storage tanks and related equipment 25 3.80% 11.29%
5 Pipelines 30 3.17% 9.50%
6 Drilling Rig 30 3.17% 9.50%
7 Field operations (above ground) Portable boilers, drilling tools,
well-head tanks, etc.		 8 11.88% 31.23%
8 Loggers 8 11.88% 31.23%
(vi) Plant and Machinery used in generation, transmission and
distribution of power [NESD]
1 Thermal / Gas / Combined Cycle Power Generation Plant 40 2.38% 7.22%
2 Hydro Power Generation Plant 40 2.38% 7.22%
3 Nuclear Power Generation Plant 40 2.38% 7.22%
4 Transmission lines, cables and other network assets 40 2.38% 7.22%
5 Wind Power Generation Plant 22 4.32% 12.73%
6 Electric Distribution Plant 35 2.71% 8.20%
7 Gas Storage and Distribution Plant 30 3.17% 9.50%
8 Water Distribution Plant including pipelines 30 3.17% 9.50%
(vii) Plant and Machinery used in manufacture of
1 Sinter Plant 20 4.75% 13.91%
2 Blast Furnace 20 4.75% 13.91%
3 Coke Ovens 20 4.75% 13.91%
4 Rolling mill in steel plant 20 4.75% 13.91%
5 Basic Oxygen Furnace Converter 25 3.80% 11.29%
(viii) Plant and Machinery used in manufacture of non ferrous metals
1 Metal pot line [NESD] 40 2.38% 7.22%
2 Bauxite crushing and grinding section 40 2.38% 7.22%
3 Digester Section [NESD] 40 2.38% 7.22%
4 Turbine [NESD] 40 2.38% 7.22%
5 Equipments for Calcinations [NESD] 40 2.38% 7.22%
6 Copper Smelter [NESD] 40 2.38% 7.22%
7 Roll Grinder 40 2.38% 7.22%
8 Soaking Pit 30 3.17% 9.50%
9 Annealing Furnace 30 3.17% 9.50%
10 Rolling Mills 30 3.17% 9.50%
11 Equipments for Scalping, Slitting, etc. [NSED] 30 3.17% 9.50%
12 Surface Miner, Ripper Dozer, etc. used in mines 25 3.80% 11.29%
13 Copper refining plant [NSED] 25 3.80% 11.29%
(ix) 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 7.31% 20.58%
2 Other Equipments 15 6.33% 18.10%
(x) Plant and Machinery used in manufacture of pharmaceuticals
and chemicals [NESD]
1 Reactors 20 4.75% 13.91%
2 Distillation Columns 20 4.75% 13.91%
3 Drying equipments / Centrifuges and Decanters 20 4.75% 13.91%
4 Vessel / Storage tanks 20 4.75% 13.91%
(xi) Plant and Machinery used in civil construction
1 Concreting, Crushing, Piling Equipments and Road Making
Equipments		 12 7.92% 22.09%
2 Heavy Lift Equipments –
– Cranes with capacity more than 100 tons 20 4.75% 13.91%
– Cranes with capacity less than 100 tons 15 6.33% 18.10%
3 Transmission line, Tunnelling Equipments [NESD] 10 9.50% 25.89%
4 Earth-moving equipments 9 10.56% 28.31%
5 Others including Material Handling / Pipeline / Welding
Equipments [NESD]		 12 7.92% 22.09%
(xii) Plant and Machinery used in salt works [NESD] 15 6.33% 18.10%
(V) Furniture and fittings [NESD]
(a) General furniture and fittings 10 9.50% 25.89%
(b) Furniture and fittings used in hotels, restaurants and boarding
houses, schools, colleges and other education institutions, libraries,
welfare centres, meeting halls, cinema houses, theatres and
circuses and furniture and fittings let out on hire for used on
occasion of marriages and similar functions		 8 11.88% 31.23%
(VI) Motor Vehicles [NESD]
(a) Motor cycles, scooters and other mopeds 10 9.50% 25.89%
(b) Motor buses, motor lorries, motor cars and motor taxies
used in a business of running them on hire		 6 15.83% 39.30%
(c) Motor buses, motor lorries, motor cars and motor taxies
other than those used in a business of running them on		 8 11.88% 31.23%
(d) Motor tractors, harvesting combines and heavy vehicles 8 11.88% 31.23%
(e) Electrically operated vehicles 8 11.88% 31.23%
(VII) Ships [NESD]
(a) Ocean-going ships
(i) Bulk Carriers and liner vessels 25 3.80% 11.29%
(ii) Crude tankers, product carriers and easy chemical carriers
with or without conventional		 20 4.75% 13.91%
(iii) Chemicals and Acid Carriers
1 With Stainless steel tanks 25 3.80% 11.29%
2 With other tanks 20 4.75% 13.91%
(iv) Liquefied gas carriers 30 3.17% 9.50%
(v) Conventional large passenger vessels which are used for
cruise purpose also		 30 3.17% 9.50%
(vi) Coastal service ships of all categories 30 3.17% 9.50%
(vii) Offshore supply and support vessels 20 4.75% 13.91%
(viii) Catamarans and other high speed passenger
for ships or boats		 20 4.75% 13.91%
(ix) Drill ships 25 3.80% 11.29%
(x) Hovercrafts 15 6.33% 18.10%
(xi) Fishing vessels with wooden hull 10 9.50% 25.89%
(xii) Dredgers, tugs, barges, survey launches and other
similar ships used mainly for dredging		 14 6.79% 19.26%
(b) Vessels ordinarily operating on inland waters
(i) Speed boats 13 7.31% 20.58%
(ii) Other vessels 28 3.39% 10.15%
(VIII) Aircrafts or Helicopters [NESD] 20 4.75% 13.91%
(IX) Railway siding, locomotives, rolling stocks,
tramways and railway used by concerns, excluding railway		 15 6.33% 18.10%
(X) Ropeway structures [NESD] 15 6.33% 18.10%
(XI) Office equipments [NESD] 5 19.00% 45.07%
(XII) Computers and data processing units [NESD]
(a) Servers and networks 6 15.83% 39.30%
(b) End user devices, such as, desktops, laptops, etc. 3 31.67% 63.16%
(XIII) Laboratory equipment [NESD]
(a) General laboratory equipment 10 9.50% 25.89%
(b) Laboratory equipments used in education institutions 5 19.00% 45.07%
(XIV) Electrical Installations and Equipment [NESD] 10 9.50% 25.89%
(XV) Hydraulic woks, pipelines and sluices [NESD] 15 6.33% 18.10%
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07 May 24 Return of External Commercial Borrowings for April.
07 May 24 "Payment of TDS/TCS of April. In case of government offices where TDS/TCS is paid by book entry, same shall be paid on the same day on which tax is deducted or collected."
10 May 24 Monthly Return by Tax Deductors for April.
10 May 24 Monthly Return by e-commerce operators for April.
11 May 24 Monthly Return of Outward Supplies for April.
13 May 24 Optional Upload of B2B invoices, Dr/Cr notes for April under QRMP scheme.
13 May 24 Monthly Return by Non-resident taxable person for April.
13 May 24 Monthly Return of Input Service Distributor for April.
15 May 24 E-Payment of PF for April.
15 May 24 Payment of ESI for April
15 May 24 Details of Deposit of TDS/TCS of April by book entry by an office of the Government.
15 May 24 Issue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted u/s 194-IA on payment made for purchase of property in March.
15 May 24 Issue of Annual TDS Certificate for tax deducted on rent above 50,000 pm by certain individuals/HUF under Section 194-IB in March. (In case of termination of lease during the year, single TDS certificate is to be issued in 15 days from due date of deposit
15 May 24 Issue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted u/s 194M on certain payments by individual/HUF in March.
15 May 24 Issue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted u/s 194S on Virtual Digital Assets in March.
15 May 24 Details of Deposit of TDS/TCS of April by book entry by an office of the Government.
15 May 24 Quarterly Statement of TCS for January-March.
20 May 24 Monthly Return by persons outside India providing online information and data base access or retrieval services, for April.
20 May 24 Summary Return cum Payment of Tax for April by Monthly filers. (other than QRMP).
25 May 24 Deposit of GST of April under QRMP scheme.
28 May 24 Return for April by persons with Unique Identification Number (UIN) like embassies etc to get refund under GST for goods and services purchased by them.
30 May 24 ITC reversal on stocks and capital goods by person opting for Composition scheme in FY 24-25.
30 May 24 Submission of a statement by Non-resident having a liaison office in India for FY 23-24.
30 May 24 Deposit of TDS u/s 194-IA on payment made for purchase of property in April
30 May 24 Deposit of TDS u/s 194-IB @ 5% on total payment of Rent more than 50,000 pm by individual or HUF (not liable to tax audit) during FY 24-25, where lease has terminated in last month. (Else TDS is to be deposited on annual basis by 30 April of next year.)
30 May 24 Deposit of TDS on certain payments made by individual/HUF u/s 194M for April.
30 May 24 Deposit of TDS on Virtual Digital Assets u/s 194S for April.
30 May 24 Issue of TCS certificates for January-March.
30 May 24 Half yearly Audit Report from October to March of Reconciliation of Share Capital by Unlisted Public Companies.
30 May 24 Annual Return of Foreign Company (Branch / Liaison /Project Office) for FY 23-24.
30 May 24 Annual Return of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) for FY 23-24.
31 May 24 "Report on Corporate Social Responsibility for FY 23-24 by companies to whom it is applicable. "
31 May 24 E-filing of Annual Return for FY 23-24 by licensed Manufacturers [including Repackers and Relabellers] and Importers. Manufacturer exporters also to file annual return for food business instead of quarterly returns earlier.
31 May 24 Online Application by trust/instituition for exercising the option to apply income of previous year in the next year or in future. Applicable where due date of ITR is 31 Jul.
31 May 24 Statement to accumulate income for future application u/s 10(21) or  11(1). Applicable where due date of ITR is 31 Jul.
31 May 24 E-filing of Annual Statement of Donors & Donations received by charitable organisations u/s 80G/35.
31 May 24 Download of Certificate of Donations/contributions for FY 23-24 from IT portal and submission of same to Donor/contributors.
31 May 24 Quarterly statements of TDS for January- March.
31 May 24 Return of tax deduction from contributions paid by the trustees of an approved superannuation fund during FY 23-24?.
31 May 24 Quarterly statement of tax deposited in relation to transfer of virtual digital asset u/s 194S to be furnished by an exchange for the quarter January - March
31 May 24 Application for allotment of PAN in case of non-individual resident person, which enters into financial transaction aggregating to Rs. 2,50,000 or more during last financial year and has not been allotted PAN.
31 May 24 Application for allotment of PAN in case of managing director, director, partner, trustee, author, founder, karta, chief executive officer, principal officer or office bearer of non-individual resident person, which enters into financial transaction aggre
31 May 24 Statement of reportable accounts for Calendar year 2023 by reporting financial institutions. File NIL statement if no transactions to report.
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