If you were yet to have Income Tax Refund, then you can check its status sitting at home. This can be done through the Income Tax e-filing portal or through the NSDL website.
Income Tax Refund Status Check: The Income Tax Department has issued an income tax refund of Rs 24,792 crore to more than 15 lakh taxpayers till May 17 in the current financial year 2021-22. The department has issued a tweet saying that out of this amount, a personal income tax refund of Rs 7,458 crore has been issued in 14.98 lakh cases while a company tax refund of Rs 17,334 crore has been issued in 43,661 cases. If there was a tax refund left, you can check the status of it sitting at home. This can be done through the Income Tax e-filing portal or through the NSDL website.
How to check status from income tax e filing portal?
- Go to https://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/home and login by entering the user ID, password and captcha code.
- After this the dashboard will open in front of you. In it, click on the View Returns / Forms option.
- After this, select ‘Income Tax Return’ option in the drop down in front of ‘Select an option’ in the newly opened page and click on submit button.
- On the next page, click on the enrollment number of the assessment year for which the status is to be found.
- After this, your income tax refund status will come in front of you.
How to check status from NSDL website
- Visit https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/oltas/refundstatuslogin.html.
- Now enter PAN, assessment year and captcha and click on ‘Proceed’.
- After this, the status of your income tax refund will appear.
Delay in tax refund may be the reason
There may be several reasons behind delaying or refusing the tax department’s refund. Often taxpayers give wrong bank account details in ITR form causing problems. While filling the ITR, special care should be taken that the bank details should be correct. In this, the bank name, account number and IFC code of 11 digits must be filled in correctly. Also, it is necessary to ensure that the bank account you are giving to get the refund is linked to the e-filing account and PAN. Another common reason for delay or denial of refund is the mistake made while calculating the refund.
Can the mistake be rectified?
If you feel from the status report that you have made a mistake in the bank details while filling the ITR, then you can rectify it. For this, you have to login on the e-filing portal https://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/home. After that go to My Account and click on Refund re-issue request. Follow the steps given there and enter the correct information of your bank. If you have entered the correct details by filling the ITR, then you will get the refund in a few days.
