After merger, company claimed depreciation on goodwill, revenue objected; tribunal allowed it based on past rulings. &acquisitions.

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....The assessee, after being amalgamated with another company, treated the excess consideration paid over the net assets acquired as goodwill and claimed depreciation at 25% on the written-down value. The tax authorities disallowed the claim. However, the Tribunal observed that the assessee had consistently claimed depreciation on goodwill since FY 2006-07, and the Revenue's appeals on this issue for previous years were dismissed by the Tribunal. Following its earlier decisions and a recent Kolkata Tribunal ruling in a similar case, the Tribunal decided the appeal in favor of the assessee, allowing the depreciation claim on goodwill.....