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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


No Revision proceedings in highly debatable issue of Stamp duty guideline value

August 9, 2022 2934 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT was of the view that the difference of Rs.25 lakhs in view of the guideline value fixed by Stamp Valuation Authority at Rs.3.50 crores is to be accepted and added to the return of income of the assessee. We are of the view that this is highly debatable issue and even the tolerance limit of 10% is to be considered or not is again a debate.

Section 263 order justified if AO failed to rightly compute Capital Gain on Sale of Land

August 1, 2022 324 Views 0 comment Print

Dhanalakshmi Mills Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Chennai) Admittedly, the Assessing Officer has caused necessary inquiries with regard to computation of long term capital gain derived transfer of property and has computed capital gain by taking into account cost of acquisition claimed by the assessee without disturbing consideration received from transfer of property, even though, there […]

Mere Suspicions not enough for Initiation of section 263 Proceedings

July 31, 2022 369 Views 0 comment Print

Sunita Goyal Vs PCIT (ITAT Chandigarh) In the absence of any evidence or fact rebutting the claim of the assessee, the order passed after due enquiries as per record by the AO cannot be set aside on mere inferences and presumptions. The suspicions of the ld. PCIT cannot be the basis for setting aside a […]

Section 263 order not sustainable if no error in Assessment Order

July 29, 2022 360 Views 0 comment Print

Sopan Developers Vs PCIT (ITAT Rajkot) Amendment for charging the tax on the notional rent with respect to the properties held as stock in trade was applicable from the assessment year 2018-19 and subsequent assessment year. As such, the amended provision is not applicable for the year under consideration. Thus the question of calculating the […]

Exercising revisionary power u/s 263 in casual arbitrary manner is unsustainable

July 22, 2022 486 Views 0 comment Print

Held that for invoking revisionary power u/s 263 it is necessary to point out the error in the order and that too such an error should be prejudicial to the interest of the revenue

Section 263 revision without recording errors found in order is unsustainable

July 20, 2022 1020 Views 0 comment Print

Held that Commissioner should not simply relegate the point that the assessment order is erroneous to the AO. The Commissioner, after analyzing the record, ought to have recorded a categorical finding and provided valid reasons as to how the assessment order is erroneous. Revision unsustainable

Inadequate inquiry not amount to erroneous order, Section 263 cannot be invoked

July 18, 2022 2763 Views 0 comment Print

Held that an inquiry made by the AO, considered inadequate by the Commissioner of Income Tax, cannot make the order of the Assessing Officer erroneous. Thus, the Commissioner of Income Tax by invoking revisionary powers u/s. 263 cannot impose his own understanding of the extent of inquiry.

Order not erroneous when AO took one possible view

July 18, 2022 1425 Views 0 comment Print

Held that in case there are two possible views and the AO has taken one of the possible views, no action to exercise powers of revision can arise.

Section 263 order not valid for land vacation compensation issue already examined by AO

July 15, 2022 555 Views 0 comment Print

Issue relating to the land vacation compensation charges claimed by the assessee in the year under consideration was duly examined by the Assessing Officer by making the necessary inquiries and after satisfying himself on perusal of the relevant details and documents placed on record by the assessee

Order, prejudicial to the interest of revenue, set aside invoking jurisdiction u/s 263

July 14, 2022 3750 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the assessment order passed by the AO is erroneous in so far as it is prejudicial to the interest of the revenue and thus, the CIT has rightly exercised his jurisdictional powers

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