Re: [LIS-Forum] Depreciation of Library Books

I think the depreciation rates mentioned in Income Tax rules are applicable only for people/organizations that are liable to file income tax returns (e.g. running a professional consultancy or book-lending business). It may not be applicable to academic libraries for example. I just found that there is a circular from Ministry of Corporate Affairs on depreciation, which is applicable to companies registered under Companies Act: http://www.mca.gov.in/Ministry/notification/pdf/AS_6.pdf According the the above [see 1.(iii)], depreciation does not apply to: - expenditure on research and development If my interpretation is correct, book purchases in corporate libraries can be treated as R&D expense and thus not considered depreciable asset. Perhaps this can be applied to academic and public libraries as well if there are no other guidelines. Best regards, Saiful Amin +91-9343826438 Skype: saiful.amin On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Arup Raychaudhury wrote:

9) (i) Books owned by assessees carrying on a profession— (a) Books, being annual publications 100 (b) Books, other than those covered by entry (a) above 60 (ii) Books owned by assessees carrying on business in 100 running lending libraries Visit:

http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/charts%20%20tables/depreciation%20rates.htm -- Arup Raychaudhury Library Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Kolkata 700108. INDIA Phone: 91-33-2575-2106 Fax: 91-33-2578-1412

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In the first place - library books and journals do not come under goods as per the general financial rules, forget about depreciation. Books are invaluable asset of libraries. Asigning phsical or monetary value is meaningless.If books are damaged, they are removed and written off from the holdings and the original cost is deducted from the assets. Dr Koteswara raoFormer librarian, UoH

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On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 2:23 AM -0700, "NIHAD FAISAL"

wrote: Dear professionals,

Could anybody suggest the useful life of library books to calculate the depreciation in Accounting purpose? Our accounts department is asking approximate years of using of print books for depreciation calculation. kindly suggest your view in this regard.

Thanking you

Yours faithfully,

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