Clarifying "Prejudicial to Revenue" in Section 263: Not All AO Errors Are Harmful to Revenue Interests.

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....Revision u/s 263 by CIT - The phrase prejudicial to the interest of revenue has to be read in conjunction with an erroneous order passed by the A.O. Every loss of revenue as a consequence of an order of AO, cannot be treated as prejudicial to the interest of revenue, for example, when an ITO, adopted one of the course permissible in law and it has resulted in loss of revenue, or where two views are possible and the ITO has taken one view with which the PCIT does not agree, it cannot be treated as an erroneous order prejudicial to the interest of revenue. - AT....