Assets Post-Demerger: Write Off as Loss, Not Depreciation, Says Directive to Assessing Officer.

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....Disallowance of depreciation - Demerger - the value of the assets has to be written off this year and to be claimed as loss in the statement of income (instead of depreciation). Therefore, we are inclined to direct the Assessing Officer to treat the opening balance of the assets to the extent of assets, which was already transferred to the demerged company as loss of assets or discarded. - AT....