Tribunal held that calculation for depreciation on Securities Worked out in terms of RBI guidelines and only incremental depreciation debited in profit and loss account. Accumulated Depreciation in respect of any security sold during year automatically reduced at end of relevant year. Profit on sale of securities correctly reflected in profit and loss account. Depreciation on valuation of securities allowable as business loss. Deletion of addition by CIT(A) is held to be justified. (AY. 2013-14)
Dy. CIT v. Punjab National Bank (2020) 82 ITR 95 (Delhi)(Trib.)
S. 32 : Depreciation-Securities-RBI guidelines-Depreciation on valuation of Securities allowable as business loss. [S. 28(i)]