Prelimin expenses

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khyati (Querist)
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13 January 2014 i have read in as that preliminary expenses have to be written off one shot. but until now we have studied that preliminary expenses have to be written off in 5 years

Aditya Maheshwari

Aditya Maheshwari (Expert)
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13 January 2014 In the books of accounts u have both options to write it off over a period of five years or write it off in one year itself.

All listed companies write it off in the year in which they are incurred and many non listed companies write it off over a period of five years. For listed companies it is compulsory to write it off in the year in which they are incurred.

DTA can be made on the difference of written off as per books and allowable as per I. T. as in IT the same is allowable over a period of 5 years.