Bata India Ltd. v. DCIT (2020) 180 ITD 464 (Kol) (Trib.)

S.32 :Depreciation- Factory building- Depreciation was allowable on cost of river bank embankment and renovation thereof.

Assessee is  engaged in business of manufacture of footwear. Its factory is  located on bank of river Ganges, in order to protect its factory building from floods, damp, erosion and/or any other forms of water damages, it incurred expenses for river embankment and its renovation . Tribunal held that since costs incurred on river embankment yielded benefit of enduring nature, entire expenditure was capitalized under block ‘Factory Building’  accordingly the  depreciation  is allowable . (AY. 2008 -09)