High Court Upholds ITAT Order: CIT Failed to Record Prima Facie Findings on Tax-Free Income Deduction Claims.

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....Revision u/s 263 - Addition u/s 14A - The Tribunal found fault with the CIT by observing that when such was the stand taken by the assessee, it is necessary for the CIT to at least record a prima facie finding that certain amount claimed by the assessee as deduction in its computation of income de facto related to earning of tax-free income. Thus, it was held that in the absence of any such prima facie finding, the reassessment was erroneous. - Order of ITAT sustained - HC....