You have filed your income tax return (ITR) duly on time. At the time of filing the return, you realised that you had paid more tax to the government that what was due on your income.
There is no need to worry if you haven’t received your income tax refund yet. You will get it soon enough. But in the meanwhile, you can follow these steps to check the status of your refund, as well as raise the request for a fresh refund if you haven’t received it within a decent amount of time
You have filed your income tax return (ITR) duly on time. At the time of filing the return, you realised that you had paid more tax to the government that what was due on your income.
Well, you will get back the extra sum you have paid as tax along with interest. But it could take a while for the income tax refund to reflect in your bank account.
If you are wondering as to why you have not yet received your refund, then you can log in to your e-filing account on the income tax portal to verify the status of the refund due to you.
Here is the step-by-step process to check the status of your income tax refund.
Step 1: To start with, first log in to your e-filing account.
Step 2: Then, go to E-file, and from there to Income Tax Returns (ITR) and View Filed Returns.
Step 3: Now under the relevant assessment year for which you want to check the income tax (IT) refund status, click on ‘View Details.’
Step 4: “If the ITR is processed with a refund due, click on the ‘refund status’ link. The screen will show complete details of your ITR filing, i.e., from the date of ITR filed, ITR e-verification, ITR processed and the date of issuing a refund,” says Archit Gupta, founder and CEO of Cleartax, a tax portal.
Alternatively, you can also verify the income tax refund status through the NSDL website. Here is the step-by-step process for that.
Step 1: Go to tin-NSDL website and click on the ‘Services’ tab. Then select the option, ‘Status of Tax Refunds.’
Step 2: Here, enter your PAN, relevant assessment year, captcha, and submit the details to know the refund status.
If you haven’t received your income tax refund, it could be due to either of the following reasons:
There are two ways by which you can request for a refund from the IT department.
There is yet another method by which you could request for a refund.