MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 7th November, 2016
INCOME-TAX

S.O. 3399(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 32, section 115BA and section 295 of the
Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes, hereby, makes the following rules further to
amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-

(1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (29th Amendment) Rules, 2016.
(2) In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 ( here after referred to as the principal rules),-
(a) in rule 5, after sub-rule (1), the following proviso shall be inserted with effect from 1st day of April, 2016, namely:-
“Provided that in case of a domestic company which has exercised option under sub-section (4) of section 115BA, the
allowance under clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 32 in respect of depreciation of any block of assets entitled to
more than forty per cent. shall be restricted to forty per cent. on the written down value of such block of assets.”
(b) in the New Appendix I, in the Table, in the second column, for the figures “ ‘50’, ‘60’, ‘80’, ‘100’ ”, wherever they
occur, the figure “40” shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2017.

[Notification No. 103/2016/ F.No.370142/29/2016 -TPL]
PITAMBAR DAS, Director (Tax Policy And Legislation)

Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide
notification number S.O. 969 (E), dated the 26th March, 1962 and last amended by the Income-tax (28th
Amendment) Rules, 2016, vide notification number G.S.R No.982(E),dated the 17.10.2016.