Rates Of Depreciation Under The Income Tax Act

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Rates of Depreciation Under the Income Tax Act (AY 2024–25)

Sl. No. Asset Class Asset Type Rate of Depreciation
1 Building Residential buildings not including boarding houses and hotels 5%
2 Building Boarding houses and hotels 10%
3 Building Purely temporary constructions (e.g., wooden structures) 40%
4 Furniture Furniture & fittings including electrical fittings 10%
5 Plant and Machinery Motor cars (not used for hire) 15%
6 Plant and Machinery Lorries, taxis, motor buses used for hiring business 30%
7 Plant and Machinery Computers & computer software 40%
8 Plant and Machinery Books (annual publications) owned by professionals 40%
9 Plant and Machinery Books (non-annual publications) owned by professionals 40%
10 Plant and Machinery Books owned by lending libraries 40%
11 Plant & Machinery Automatic voltage controllers 40%
Electrically operated vehicles & charging infrastructure 40%
Solar energy devices 40%
Windmills & related systems 40%
12 Intangible Assets Know-how, patents, copyrights, trademarks, licenses, franchises & similar rights 25%

Depreciation Rates as per the Income Tax Act

Part A – Tangible Assets

Building 1 Buildings used primarily for residential reasons (excluding boarding houses and hotels) 5%
2 Buildings apart from those used primarily for residential reasons and not covered by sub-items 1 and 3 100%
3 Buildings procured on or after Sept 1, 2002 for water treatment or supply project under Section 80-IA(4)(i) 100%
4 Purely temporary erections like wooden structures 100%
Furniture and Fittings Furniture and fittings including electrical fittings 10%
Plant and Machinery 1 Plant and machinery excluding those covered by items (2), (3) and (8) 15%
2 Motor cars (not used for hire) acquired on or after April 1, 1990 15%
3(i) Aeroplanes and aero engines 40%
3(ii) Motor taxis, buses and lorries used for hire 30%
3(iii) Commercial vehicle acquired between Oct 1, 1998 and Apr 1, 1999 and used before Apr 1, 1999 40%
3(iv) New commercial vehicle replacing a condemned vehicle acquired between Oct 1, 1998 and Apr 1, 1999 60%
3(v) New commercial vehicle acquired between Apr 1, 1999 and Apr 1, 2000 60%
3(vi) New commercial vehicle acquired between Apr 1, 2001 and Apr 1, 2002 and used before Apr 1, 2002 50%
3(vii) Moulds used in plastic and rubber goods factories 30%
3(viii) Air pollution control equipment:
  • Felt
  • Filter system
  • Electrostatic precipitation systems
  • Scrubber
  • Venture / cyclonic scrubbers
  • Dust collectors
  • Ash handling systems
100%
3(ix) Water pollution control equipment:
  • Aerated detritus chambers
  • Mechanical screens
  • Grease & oil removal systems
  • Chemical feed system
  • Flocculators
  • Biofilters
  • Ion exchange resin column
30%
3(x) Solid waste control & resource recovery systems 100%
3(xi) Plant & machinery used in semiconductor industry (except covered items) 30%
3(xi)a Life-saving medical equipment:
  • Defibrillators
  • Colour Doppler
  • Haemodialysis
  • Cobalt therapy unit
  • MRI system
  • Ventilators
  • Surgical laser
  • Gamma knife
  • Endoscopes
40%
4 Plastic or glass containers used as refills 50%
5 Computers including software 60%
6 Plant & machinery in textile sector under TUFS (acquired between 2001–2004) 50%
7 Plant & machinery installed on or after Sept 1, 2002 for water treatment under 80-IA 100%
8 Wooden parts in artificial silk machinery 100%
Match factory wooden match frames 100%
Cinematograph films, bulbs of studio lights 100%
Salt works, condensers, reservoirs, salt pans etc. 100%
Quarries & mines 100%
Rolling mill rolls – Sugar, Steel, Iron industries 80%
Energy saving devices (Boilers, Furnaces, Monitoring systems etc.) 80%

Part B – Intangible Assets

Intangible Asset Type Rate of Depreciation
Intangible assets such as:
  • Patents
  • Know-how
  • Trademarks
  • Licenses
  • Franchises
  • Copyrights
  • Any other commercial or business rights of similar nature
25%