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Opening WDV of asset in the next year

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opening WDV of block of assets in PY 2020-21 is 4200000.
One of the asset is sold during PY 2019-20 and it's sale proceeds is 9500000.
Then what will be the depreciation allowable indeed section 32 of income tax act in PY 2020-21and also what will be the Opening WDV of asset in the year PY 2021-22
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Is there any additions in assets in PY 2020-21?
There will be zero value for that block of the asset.

in order to claim depreciation that block should have assets and value here assets only there but no value hence you can't charge depreciation.

you must have paid short term capital gain on such asset sold during the previous year right??

if any additions made during the previous year 20-21. then you can claim depreciation.

If you have grossed all depreciation, 

first, depreciation stops the moment you declare the asset held for disposal. If it did not take a year to sell, then reduce the depreciation amount by that period. After you reduce this amount of wdv, file as usual. 

Opening WDV should be after providing depreciation @ 15% on 4200000 rupees if there is no addition
You cannot claim any depreciation on the block.
capital gain will arise.

hereafter the block will have 0 wdv

AS - If any depreciable asset is disposed of, discarded, demolished or destroyed, the net surplus or deficiency, if material, should be disclosed separately and gain/loss recognised in income statement not under revenues.

you can depreciation the asset until last day of disposal. @ Veerendar Singh, can you please quote me the tax act? Txs.

It is very clear under the block concept that once the value of entire block turns negative due to sale of an asset from the block, the block will cease to have any wdv eventhough the underlying assets are still physically present.

In income tax act calculation of depreciation is different from accounting.

take opening WDV from previous year and make additions to it if any purchase of assets during the year and deduct if any assets sold.

then if WDV at the end of the year is positive then calculate depreciation on it otherwise we have to calculate short term capital gain or loss. refer sec 50(1)

continue to above we have to calculate short term capital gain even though assets under block exists. at the end of the day closing WDV will be nil.

I’m very clear now, my Interpretation was based on only one asset from the block is sold, there by block carrying amount is adjusted along with depreciation.

Calculation of Capital Gain/Loss

Aggregate of WDV of all the assets falling within
that block at the beginning of the year                                                                                XXX

Add: Actual cost of any assets falling within block
acquired during the previous year                                                                                       XXX

Less: Money received or receivable in respect of any
asset in the block which is sold, discarded, demolished
or destroyed during the previous year                                                                                 XXX

WDV at the end of the year                                                                                              XXX

If the above calculations results in a negative WDV then such amount will be considered as short term capital gains. If such amount is positive and no asset exists in the block then such amount will be treated as short term capital loss.

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