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Neeraj Sharma
Assistant Professor
School of Law
Business
The word ‘Business’ is defined in section
2(13) to include any trade, commerce
or manufacture or any adventure or
concern in the nature of trade,
commerce or manufacture.
The activities included above may even
consist of rendering services to others.
The definition of business is an inclusive
one and not exhaustive
Business includes any trade, commerce or
manufacture.
If a person purchases goods with a view
to selling them at a profit, it is trade.
If such transactions are repeated on a
large scale , it is ‘commerce’
‘Manufacture’ is the making of an
article/material by physical labour or
applied power.
Business also includes any adventure or
concern in the nature of trade, commerce
or manufacture.
5,40,000
Actual cost [section 43(1)]
Computation of depreciation
Depreciation is computed on various
assets according to the system of
classifying the assets into various blocks
of assets.
The value of each block is computed
separately and then depreciation is
calculated on the written down value of
each block at the end of the year at the
rates prescribed for each block
Asset put to use for less than 180
days
Depreciation in respect of such asset shall
be restricted to 50% of the normal
depreciation if the following conditions
are satisfied:
The asset is acquired in the previous year
It is put to use during the previous year
and
It has been used for a period of less than
180 days during the previous year