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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 765 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 2397 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 708 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 828 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 972 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 10689 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 8235 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 7326 Views 0 comment Print


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Assessment Order Passed on Deceased Person Is Nullity in Law: ITAT Ahmedabad

Income Tax : ITAT held an assessment passed after the taxpayer's death was invalid in law, quashed the order, and treated all remaining issues ...

July 4, 2026 162 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Additions as AO Made No Independent Inquiry Beyond ACB Information

Income Tax : ITAT deleted additions after finding the AO relied only on ACB information without independent inquiry or supporting evidence. ITA...

July 2, 2026 138 Views 0 comment Print

Loan to Non-Shareholder Company Not Taxable as Deemed Dividend

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata held that a loan received by a company that was not a shareholder of the lender could not be taxed as deemed dividend...

July 1, 2026 456 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC Rejects Section 263 Revision as AO Conducted Necessary Inquiry

Income Tax : The Court held that Section 263 could not be invoked where the AO had made inquiries and accepted the assessee's explanation....

June 30, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Section 263 Revision Invalid if CIT Failed to Show Assessment Was Erroneous

Income Tax : The Court held that Section 263 could not be invoked where the AO had raised queries, examined replies and completed the assessmen...

June 30, 2026 135 Views 0 comment Print


Revision jurisdiction u/s 263 on mere conjectures, suspicions & surmises not permissible

April 13, 2023 1215 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that plausible view of AO cannot be held as erroneous by ld. CIT(E) without conducting necessary enquiries or verification. Accordingly, initiated of revision jurisdiction u/s 263 on mere conjectures, suspicions and surmises, which is not permitted.

Invocation of revision jurisdiction u/s 263 ignoring order passed u/s 153A unjustified

April 11, 2023 2292 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court held that invocation of revisional jurisdiction by PCIT u/s 263 of the Income Tax Act ignoring the order passed u/s 153A of the Income Tax Act as immaterial and irrelevant unjustified.

Revisional power u/s 263 of Income Tax Act not exercisable in case of inadequate enquiry

April 10, 2023 1326 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that revisional power u/s 263 of the Income Tax Act exercisable only in case of lack of enquiry and not in case of inadequate enquiry.

SC order on jurisdiction of Commissioner under section 263 proceedings

April 7, 2023 5469 Views 1 comment Print

Whether payment to shareholders out of sale proceeds of a property belonging to the company, to end dispute amongst the shareholder can be cost of improvement for computation of capital gains?

SC affirms principles governing CIT’s revisionary powers; Quashes Bombay HC ruling as erroneous

April 7, 2023 2811 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs Paville Projects Pvt. Ltd.  (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court  allows Revenue’s appeal quashing the  Bombay High court order that had set aside CIT’s revisionary order passed under section 263 of Income Tax Act, 1961. CIT  in exercise of the powers u/s 263 and in exercise of the revisional jurisdiction, set aside the […]

Inadequacy of enquiry doesn’t give jurisdiction to CIT to invoke provisions of section 263

April 3, 2023 2130 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that present case is not a case of lack of enquiry, however, it can be a case of inadequate enquiry. Accordingly, inadequacy of enquiry does not give jurisdiction to the CIT to invoke provisions of Section 263 prior to the insertion of Explanation 2.

Order passed after due application of mind not treatable as erroneous & prejudicial to interest of revenue

April 3, 2023 1365 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Surat held that issues raised by PCIT in his order u/s 263 are already examined by AO and AO passed the assessment order after calling for all the details and considering the reply/ documents. Accordingly, assessment order passed after due application of mind cannot be termed as erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the revenue.

Revisional power u/s 263 unsustainable as order passed is neither erroneous nor prejudicial to interest of revenue

March 31, 2023 1389 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Surat held that AO already examined the issue and took a plausible view that addition should not be made. Accordingly, revisional jurisdiction u/s 263 unsustainable as order passed by AO is neither erroneous nor prejudicial to the interest of revenue.

Invocation of jurisdiction u/s 263 on same subject which was duly verified in reassessment proceeding unjustified

March 30, 2023 1554 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that AO duly verified the subject matter in re-assessment proceedings and concluded that LTCG declared by the assessee is genuine. Accordingly, setting aside the assessment order invoking revisional jurisdiction u/s 263 on the same subject matter unjustified.

Revisional power u/s 263 of Income Tax Act not invocable in case of ‘inadequate inquiry’

March 27, 2023 2310 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that revisional power under section 263 of the Income Tax Act not invocable in case of inadequate inquiry, in fact, revisional power is invocable only in case of lack of inquiry.

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