ITR Refund: If your refund request has failed, then you can again submit a request for refund. But if your refund request has not been rejected and your refund money has not yet come to your account, then what will you do? Know here
ITR Refund: People who have filed income tax returns on time, their refund has also started coming. Usually, refund is received within 4 to 5 weeks of filing ITR. After filing ITR, the Income Tax Department processes the refund after checking your form. But sometimes due to some reasons, your refund request may be rejected or there is a delay in getting the refund. For this, you should go to the Income Tax Department website and check the refund status there.
If your refund request has failed, then you can again submit a request for refund. But what if your refund request is not rejected and your refund money has not yet come to your account? In this situation, you can complain about the matter.
How to lodge a complaint
If your refund request is not rejected and the refund has not come, you can complain about it on incometax.gov.in. Apart from this, you can also complain on the toll free number 1800-103-4455 of the Income Tax Department. This number can be called from 8 am to 8 pm on working days. Apart from this, you can also register your complaint on the e-filing portal.
Check the status before complaining, know the method
- First of all go to the official website of the Income Tax Department https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/.
Log in by entering user ID, password and captcha. - Now the Income Tax Return Form will be shown on your screen.
- After this, click on the option from the drop-down list below the form and select ITR.
- Now you have to enter the assessment year and submit it.
- After this, to check the status of the refund, you have to click on the ITR Acknowledgment Number.
- After this, the status of the ITR refund will be shown on your screen.
This is also a way to check the status
- First of all go to https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/oltas/refundstatuslogin.html.
- On scrolling down the page, you will be asked for two types of information, one PAN number and the second year for which the refund is pending, enter these details.
- Now you have to fill the captcha code.
- After this, click on Proceed. The status will be in front of you.
- Reasons for which refund can get stuck
- Not doing e-verification after filing return
- Not responding to email sent by income tax department
- TDS not matching
- Your account number or IFSC code is wrong
- Account not valid
- PAN not linked to Aadhaar
- Name written on PAN card does not match with the name written in bank account etc.
