Section 16 : Repair and maintenance expenses:
1) In computing the income of any business or investment in any income year, a person may deduct all expenses incurred in the repair and maintenance of the depreciable property owned and used in that year to earn income from that business or investment.

2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-section (1), in deducting the expenses allowable under that Sub-section, it shall not exceed five percent of the depreciation base amount of the group of property remaining at the end of that income year, and in cases where expenses are incurred in excess thereof, such deduction can be made only as per the order of such expenses incurred.

3) Any excess expense or part thereof which is not deductible pursuant to Sub-section (1) because of the limit referred to in Subsection (2) may be added to the depreciation base amount of the group of the concerned property pursuant to Sub-section (5) of Section 2 of Schedule 2.