The Income Tax Department has issued Income Tax Refund of about Rs 2.15 lakh crore between April 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. According to a new tweet by the Income Tax Department, this is about 66.92 per cent higher than the refunds during the same period last year.
How to check refund status
Step 1: Login to the e-filing website with User ID, Password, DOB and Captcha.
Step 2: Go to My Account and click on “Refund/Demand Status”.
Step 3: Details will be shown below.
Assessment Year Status Region (if any for refund failure) Mode of Payment is displayed.
Step 4: Taxpayer can now view the refund/demand status.
How to request for refund reissue?
Refund will be issued to pre-validated bank account only. In case of refund failure, the taxpayer can raise a service request in the e-filing portal after receiving communication from the CPC. Let us also tell you how you can do it:-
Step 1: Login to the ‘e-filing’ portal https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/.
Step 2: Click on the ‘My Account’ menu and click on the ‘Service Request’ link.
Step 3: Select ‘Request Category’ as ‘New Request’ and ‘Request Category’ as ‘Refund Reissue’. Click on ‘Submit’.
Step 4: Details like PAN, Return Type, Assessment Year (AY), Acknowledgment Number, Communication Reference Number, Reason for Refund Failure and Response will be displayed.
Step 5: Click on the ‘Submit’ hyperlink located under the ‘Response’ column. All pre-validated bank accounts with status Validated/Validated and EVC Enabled will be shown.
Step 6: Select the bank account in which the tax refund is to be deposited and click on ‘Continue’.
Step 7: If the pre-validation of the account fails, the CPC will inform the taxpayer. The tachypayer will have to resubmit the request for prevalidation of the bank account and re-issuance of the refund.
Step 8: Click on “OK” in the popup. Select the appropriate e-verification mode, generate and submit an Electronic Verification Code (EVC) or an Aadhaar OTP as required, to continue with the request submission. A success message will be displayed confirming the refund re-issue request submission.