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CIT(A) cannot enhance income on issues not examined by AO: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that CIT(A) cannot enhance income under Section 251 on matters not considered by the Assessing Officer during as...

May 10, 2026 579 Views 0 comment Print

Adv. Mukul Rohatgi Case: Section 263 Revision Invalid as AO Had Conducted Proper Inquiry

Income Tax : The ITAT held that revisional powers under Section 263 cannot be exercised when the Assessing Officer has already examined the iss...

March 7, 2026 2250 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes PCIT’s Revision as AO’s View on Survey Income Was Plausible & Verified

Income Tax : ITAT quashed PCIT’s Section 263 order, holding AO’s treatment of survey income as business income valid and not erroneous or p...

November 9, 2025 648 Views 0 comment Print

Reopening on Borrowed Belief from ACB Quashed – Tribunal holds 147 invalid & 263 unsustainable

Income Tax : Ahmedabad ITAT quashes reassessments based on ACB report, ruling the AO lacked independent "reason to believe" and only used borro...

October 26, 2025 780 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune Upholds order u/s 263 – Unverified Advances Towards Property Purchase

Income Tax : ITAT Pune upholds PCIT's order u/s 263, setting aside an assessment for failure to verify ₹82.64 crore in advances for property...

October 4, 2025 918 Views 0 comment Print


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Indiscriminate notices by Income Tax Department without allowing reasonable time

Income Tax : National Chamber of Industries & Commerce, U.P has made a representation against Indiscriminate notices by the Income Tax Depa...

March 29, 2022 10668 Views 0 comment Print

Representation – Challenges in Certain Income Tax Provisions

Income Tax : KSCAA has made a Representation on Challenges in Income Tax Related to Rectification Proceedings, Order Giving Effect, Delay in P...

March 15, 2022 8199 Views 2 comments Print

No Reopening of Assessment to be made on Audit Objections: Committee Recommends

Income Tax : One of the key sources of dispute is the existing arrangement for follow up on audit objections by Internal Audit Party and the Re...

January 20, 2016 7290 Views 0 comment Print


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DVO Valuation Alone Cannot Justify Section 69 Addition Without Extra Payment Proof: ITAT Amritsar

Income Tax : The ITAT Amritsar held that a valuation report by itself cannot justify addition under Section 69 without evidence of extra paymen...

May 22, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allows Higher BOT Road Amortization Due to Early Termination of Concession Agreement

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that amortization of BOT road project expenditure must be computed based on the actual concession period and not ...

May 21, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

Section 263 Proceedings Quashed as AO’s Order Was Not Erroneous in Jewellery Case

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the reassessment order could not be revised under Section 263 since the conditions for treating jewellery e...

May 20, 2026 132 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes TP Assessment Orders as Consequential Orders Were Passed Beyond Limitation Period

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad held that assessment orders passed pursuant to earlier remand directions were barred by limitation under Section 15...

May 19, 2026 147 Views 0 comment Print

AO Cannot Travel Beyond Scope of Section 263 Directions – ITAT Upholds Deletion of Fresh Additions

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT held that an Assessing Officer cannot make additions beyond the specific issues remanded by the Principal Commissioner ...

May 19, 2026 165 Views 0 comment Print


Delay of 988 days cannot be condoned on the basis of vague reason

March 4, 2023 1545 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that delay of 988 days in filing of the appeal cannot be condoned on the basis of vague reason.

Revisionary action u/s 263 on mere change of opinion is unsustainable

February 26, 2023 2490 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Indore held that when one possible view has been taken by AO the same cannot be treated as erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the revenue. Accordingly, revisionary order under section 263 of the Income Tax Act based on mere change of opinion is unsustainable in law.

Fresh assessment order in pursuance of order u/s 254, 263 or 264 should be made within 9 months

February 25, 2023 8211 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that as per provisions of section 153(3) of the Income Tax Act any order of fresh assessment in pursuance of an order under Section 254, 263 or 264 should be made within a period of 9 months from the end of the financial year in which the order is received. Order passed beyond the same will be time barred.

Manual order without containing DIN is invalid & deemed as if never been issued

February 22, 2023 3339 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that assessment order issued manually without containing Document Identification Number (DIN) as per CBDT Circular No. 19/2019 dated 14.08.2019 is invalid and deemed to have never been issued.

Non-discussion of issue in assessment order doesn’t make it erroneous & prejudicial to interest of revenue

February 18, 2023 1815 Views 0 comment Print

Ajay Engineering and Agricultural Equipment Company Vs PCIT (ITAT Pune) ITAT Pune held that AO did not specifically discuss the five issues in the assessment order, however, assessment order does not satisfy the second condition of being prejudicial to the interest of the Revenue. Simply non-discussion of an issue in assessment order does not render […]

Invocation of revisional jurisdiction u/s 263 on mere conjectures, suspicions and surmises, is impermissible

February 17, 2023 1101 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that initiated revision jurisdiction under section 263 of the Income Tax Act on mere conjectures, suspicions and surmises, is not permissible in law.

ITAT quashes section 263 revision order passed on a deceased assessee

February 17, 2023 1188 Views 0 comment Print

Kusum Mehta Vs PCIT (ITAT Cuttack) Admittedly, the facts remain that on the death of an individual, Government draws information in respect of death from the cremation spot or on the basis of doctor’s death certificate. The State Government then issues the death certificate within 7 to 14 days. It is after this that the […]

Section 263 notice issued to a person after his death is invalid

February 17, 2023 1491 Views 0 comment Print

Where notices were issued to assessee under Section 263 after his death notice could not have been validly served upon assessee, therefore, said notices are invalid and liable to quash. Assessment order framed under dead person is also liable to be quashed.

Initiation of revisionary proceeding u/s 263 on fishing and roving enquiry is unjustified

February 16, 2023 1779 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that initiation of revisionary proceeding under section 263 of the Income Tax Act on a fishing and roving enquiry in the matter without bringing on record any material or evidence is liable to be quashed.

Section 263 invocable as non-verification of trade discount vis-à-vis TDS makes assessment order erroneous

February 15, 2023 750 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that AO failed to verify the issue of trade discount in the light of provisions of section 194C-194H and hence the assessment order passed by AO is erroneous. Accordingly revisionary power under section 263 stand invocable.

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