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Best Ways of Tracking Status of Income Tax Refund Online

How to Track Status of IT Refund?

It is essential to furnish the income tax return ITR for several causes, and particularly for the income tax refund to claim for the specified person. When you furnish the ITR then the income tax department will examine and if any refund is there then it is credited to the valid bank account of the person. 

How One Can Claim The Tax Refund if it is Due

As per the income tax law, tax is required to be cut from the sources of income at the rates stated under the law. There might be many sources of income as stated such as salary, interest, commission, rent, brokerage, professional fees, royalty, etc. Thus for salary, the Tax deducted at source (TDS) must be in accordance with the income tax slab liable for the payer. 

If once the tax gets deducted then it needs to be sent to the central government’s account within the due period. Although the petitioners many a time does not declare expenses and investments which reduces their tax that is liable to get deducted. And the reason TDS in excess gets cut down. Only on the condition of furnishing of the tax the refund can be claimed which is paid in addition. But if you will not furnish the ITR then you are not liable to refund.

Can I Earn Any Interest on The Income Tax Refund Due?

under Section 244A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 if the income tax filed refund amount is more than 10% of the total income tax given then the council pays interest on the left amount. Under the act, the rate of interest of 0.5% on monthly grounds is needed to be paid on the amount refunded, beginning from the first day of the evaluation year till the date of the grant of refund.

What is The Method of Tracking The Status of My Income Tax Refund?

After filing the income tax return and avail for the tax refund you can check the status of the refund by visiting the online portal www.incometaxindia.gov.in or www.tin-nsdl.com. Visit any of these two links and tap on the “Status of Tax Refunds" tab, enter the PAN as well as the pending assessment year (AY) to avail of the imminent refund. 

However, you can get the message stating the payment mode, a reference number, status, and date of refund if your refund was already in progress via the council. But if your refund is not yet processed then or rejected due to some cause then the counter-message will be delivered.

What is The Potential Cause of The Lag in Getting a Tax Refund?

There might be several causes for delay or decline of the income tax refund by the tax council. The incorrect information on the bank account is the biggest reason behind the late refund furnished in ITR form by the taxpayers. During furnishing the ITR, bank details, including the name of the bank, account number as well as the  11-digit IFSC Code of the bank or information of the international bank account number (IBAN) if you have the merchant bank account which is to be displayed appropriately. 

Indeed you must be sure that the opted bank account to get the refund is pre validated with the e-fling account and is associated with the PAN.

Another reason or cause that refunds get delayed or not processed is the calculation mistake by the department for the refund. 

How to Improve The Mistakes Prior to Requesting The Issuing of Income Tax Refunds?

You do not have to be worried if the status on the portal signifies that you had committed a mistake in giving your details of the bank account during the filing of the income tax return as you are permitted to do corrections in your report. To edit the correction in your filing you must have to visit the e-filing portal i.e  (www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in) or login to My Account and then Tap on “Refund reissue request." Then post-process you follow the procedure and insert the correct information of the bank account where you want the refund of income tax and lastly place a request so that the refunds get credited into your account. If you have correctly furnished ITR information then you are subjected to receive the refund within some days. 


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