What to do with Blackberry Phones given to Income Tax Officers?
THE Directorate of Income Tax (Infra) has been receiving representation from field formations with regard to treatment of Blackberry handset at the time of retirement or otherwise and accordingly a clarification is required with reference to Information, Technology, Procurement, Obsolescence and Disposal Policy - Blackberry handset issued as per the existing Project Tarang - Telecom Policy dated 29/11/2010.
It is clarified:
(i) In case the useful life of 4 years of a mobile handset has not been completed and the officer is leaving the organization on superannuation he is allowed the option of retaining the mobile handset on deposit of the residual value. The residual value of the mobile handset is calculated after allowing depreciation @25% per annum on straight line method.
(ii) In case the useful life of 4 years of a mobile handset has been completed and the officer is leaving the organization on superannuation he is allowed to retain the mobile handset without any payment as the residual value of the mobile handset becomes nil @ zero.
(iii) In any other case the above referred mobile handset may be treated as condemned and unusable as a scrap having the zero value having outlived its utility or useful life
(iv) However it may be reiterated that the SIM cards issued to the concerned officers may be returned to the relevant Nodal Officer, Project Tarang.