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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


Latest Judiciary


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


PCIT not entitled to direct AO to initiate penalty proceedings

August 10, 2022 3099 Views 0 comment Print

Held that revisional jurisdiction u/s. 263 of PCIT cannot be invoked for initiation of penalty proceedings without holding that the assessment order passed by the AO as erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of revenue.

Section 263 SCN not justified in absence of specific finding of PCIT with respect to enquiries

August 10, 2022 1818 Views 0 comment Print

In the absence of any specific finding of PCIT with respect to enquiries which should have been made, section 263 order not justified

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

August 9, 2022 3018 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 345 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 396 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 387 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 507 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 1041 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 2778 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 1443 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.

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