An income tax refund is due to a taxpayer if he has paid taxes higher when compared to his actual tax liability. When a taxpayer claims a refund in his return of income, the tax department processes such a return and the taxpayer would receive an intimation from CPC under Section 143(1) which will confirm the quantum of refund that the taxpayer is eligible to receive.
The CDC processes income tax refunds between 20 and 45 days after processing your ITR. In case you have not received your refund, the first thing to do is to go to the e-filing portal or NSDL and check the status of your refund.
There are two ways one can track their income tax refund status.
- On the income tax e-filing website
- On the TIN NSDL website
Read More: 5 reasons why you didn’t receive ITR refund and steps to check it
HOW TO CHECK INCOME TAX REFUND STATUS: e-FILING WEBSITE
- Visit the income tax e-filing portal
- Log in to the e-Filing website with a User ID, Password, Date of Birth / Date of Incorporation, and Captcha
- Go to My Account and click on ‘Refund/Demand Status’
- Select ‘Income Tax Returns’ from the drop-down menu and click on submit
- Now click on your acknowledgment number. For FY 20-20, the assessment year is AY 2020-21
- A new webpage will appear on your screen showing complete details of your ITR filing – from the date of ITR filing to ITR processing and the date of issuing a refund.
HOW TO CHECK INCOME TAX REFUND STATUS: THROUGH NSDL WEBSITE
- Click here, which takes you to the NSDL website to check the refund status.
- The screen below appears where you can feed in details of your PAN, the AY, and the image appearing on the screen, and then click on ‘Submit’.
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