Check Income Tax Refund Status
- Step1: Go to Refund Banker website:
- Step2: Fill the details – Your Pan Number, the assessment year and the captcha, and submit
- Step3: Know the status of your Tax Refund
- Step1: Go to Refund Banker website:
- Step2: Fill the details – Your Pan Number, the assessment year and the captcha, and submit
- Step3: Know the status of your Tax Refund
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Probable Status That a Taxpayer May come across
There are 11 Tax refund statuses that an individual may come across depending on the return progress of the individual’s filed Income Tax Return. The following are the probable status:| Probable Status | Implied Meaning | Applicable step for the taxpayer |
|---|---|---|
| 1.
No efiling for this assessment year |
It means you have not filed your ITR or had filed manually |
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| 2.
Not Determined |
The IT had not proceeded your return as the refundable amount is not ascertained |
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| 3.
Refund Paid |
It means your refund is made. If you haven’t received the amount yet contact the bank or post office. |
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| 4.
No Demand No Refund |
It means the tax deducted is accurate and the tax department owes you nothing. You may need to rectify or review your ITR. |
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| 5.
ITR Proceed and refund determined, sent out to Refund Banker |
Your refund is processed. You just need to wait for some time. |
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| 6.
Refund unpaid |
The IT department fails to deliver your refund. You need to crosscheck your account number or address provided while filing ITR. |
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| 7.
Contact Jurisdictional Assessing Officer |
The Tax department needs some clarification on your return details, so contact your jurisdictional AO |
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| 8.
Demand Determined |
It means your request is rejected as IT department’s calculation says that you owe more tax. Rectify or review the ITR details in such case. |
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| 9.
Rectification Proceed, refund determined, sent out to refund banker |
Your Rectified ITR request is accepted by the IT department and proceeded |
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| 10.
Rectification proceed, demand determined |
Your rectified ITR request is accepted. However, you still owe more tax, which need to be paid within 30 days of the notice received. |
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| 11.
Rectification Proceed, No Demand No refund |
It means your rectification request is accepted but there is no demand nor refund. |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How to re-apply for a refund if my refund status displays as “Refund Returned”?
Access the income tax website and log in to your user account. There, go to “refund re-issue request” under My Account and select a mode for receiving the refund, providing your account number and address details.
Q. How to change my Bank Account Number mentioned in my Income Tax Return details?
Account details can be modified only if your refund request has been failed due to incorrect information. In such case, go to user account > refund re-issue request > select refund mood > enter bank account details > submit request
Once you submit your request the new details will be updated with the Income tax department.
Q. How to raise a refund re-issue request in case of an address change?
Address need to be changed only after your refund request fails due to an incorrect address. In that case, go to user account > refund re-issue request > select refund mood > enter new address > submit request..
Once you submit your request the new details will be updated with the Income tax department.
Q. How to change the Address / E-mail ID / Mobile Number in my Income Tax Return details?
Access tax filing website > log into user account > profile settings > update contact details > submit request
Once you submit your details your details will be updated in your profile. The updated details are also sent to CPC to update on the ITR.
Q. What must I do to ensure I receive my Income Tax Refunds as quickly as possible?
- In order to get your tax reversal you must have registered at the efiling platform and have prevalidated your bank account with your registered PAN number.
- You must also have not made any errors when filling your ITR form and no discrepancies must have been discovered between your Form 16 or TDS payment and Form 26AS (which shows the payments that have been received against your tax ID).
- You must also make sure that you have e-verified your online tax statement and have received an acknowledgement ITR-V from the Central Processing Center, Bangalore. That is where all online data from the IT department is processed.
- Your ITR must not have been pulled up for scrutiny and no rectification notice whose status is pending have been issued in your name.
Q. How will my refunds be sent?
There are two ways in which the refund banker may be dispatched:
a. RTGS or the National Electronic Clearance Service (NECS): Such transfers necessarily require the 10 digit taxpayer bank account, the IFSC or MICR codes with correctly matched communication details across all your identity documents and bank accounts.
b. Paper cheque: You may also get an old-fashioned account payee cheque delivered to your correctly matched home address on popular demand.
a. RTGS or the National Electronic Clearance Service (NECS): Such transfers necessarily require the 10 digit taxpayer bank account, the IFSC or MICR codes with correctly matched communication details across all your identity documents and bank accounts.
b. Paper cheque: You may also get an old-fashioned account payee cheque delivered to your correctly matched home address on popular demand.
Q. What does the IT Refund Status page show?
Upon successfully entering your PAN and assessment year, you will witness a grid with four fields showing the following:
- Mode of Payment.
- Reference Number (for internal use of the CPC).
- IT refund status.
- Date of the refund, if any.
