Asset Accounting now calculates straight-line depreciation by exact days, and the income-tax block register adds additional depreciation, block cessation, Clause 18 adjustments, sign-off and new reports.
Changed put-to-use dates are caught up in the next depreciation run
If an asset's put-to-use date is changed after a depreciation run, the next run corrects the difference. A net credit posts as a reduction of expense and of accumulated depreciation.
Straight-line depreciation uses annual amount × days ÷ days in year
Straight-line depreciation now follows the auditor's formula, so a ₹10,00,000 asset at 5% over 15 years put to use on 17 October shows ₹2,602.74 for October (previously ₹2,600.84). After an addition, revaluation or takeover, the charge uses the remaining book value over the remaining life.
New permissions for the tax block register
Managing blocks, computing a tax year and signing off a tax year now have separate permissions. The register and its reports are readable with the asset reports permission, and the sidebar entry uses the same permission. Administrators must update the permissions for each company.
Disposal depreciation runs through the disposal date
Depreciation for a disposed asset now includes the disposal date itself, so a disposal on 10 January counts 10 days. Disposals posted earlier can still be reversed.
Block cessation and Clause 18 adjustments
When all assets in a block leave during the year, the block ceases. The remaining written-down value is reported as a short-term capital loss, and proceeds above it as a short-term capital gain. You can also record Clause 18 adjustments such as ITC, exchange rate, subsidy and corrections, each with a reason.
Tax year sign-off with locking and notifications
Each tax year now moves from Open to Computed to Signed off. A signed-off year cannot be recomputed, and its openings and adjustments cannot be changed, so corrections go into the next year. Reopening needs the sign-off permission. An opening value is refused for a year that already opens on the previous year's closing. Users get a bell notification when a year is computed, and a bell and an email when it is signed off.
Clause 18 statement, deferred-tax working and additions list
New reports show the Clause 18 statement and a deferred-tax working. The deferred-tax working compares book and tax values by block, with the deferred tax asset or liability at the rate Finance enters. Both can be printed, and an asset-wise additions list can be exported to Excel.
Additional depreciation and dated tax rates in the income-tax block register
Block rates can now have a valid-from date. Additional depreciation is calculated for eligible blocks, and it is left out for excluded asset classes, second-hand assets, or companies that do not claim it. The unclaimed half is carried to the next year.