Wednesday, September 4, 2019

HOW TO CHECK STATUS OF INCOME TAX REFUND

Each of us by now has filed Income Tax return and if there is some refund; we are waiting to get the refund.Once the ITR forms is successfully e-verified we get the SMS U/S 143(1) followed by email along with Refund sequence number.

One can visit the income tax e-filing website where you can check the status of your income tax refund by following these steps:

Step 1: Visit the income tax e-filing website.

Step 2: Click on the ‘Portal login’ appearing on the right-hand side of the page.

Step 3: Log in to your account through your PAN, e-filing password and enter the captcha code.

Step 4: Click on ‘View returns/forms’ appearing on the screen as shown below:

Step 5: Select ‘Income Tax Returns’ from the drop-down menu and click on the ‘Submit’ button.

Step 6: Click on the hyperlinked acknowledgement number and the below screen appears.

The screen shows the timeline for filing and processing of tax returns such as the date of filing, date of verifying the return, date of completion of processing, date of issue of refund, mode of payment and so on.

Step 7: In case your income tax refund fails, the same screen will show the reason for such failure along with a link to submit refund reissue request.

Refund is made through ECS in your Bank Account (preselected while filing your ITR) as per refund sequence No.


-pramodara