After assessing the ITR of its taxpayers, the Income Tax Department is now starting to send refunds. Most of the taxpayers will be eagerly waiting for their refund, but even after the passage of time you have not received the refund or the department has rejected it, then you can request it again.
New Delhi. The Income Tax Department has started sending refunds for the assessment year 2022-23. Taxpayers who had filed their income tax returns in early July have started getting refunds from the department.
The Income Tax Department usually processes your refund within 25 days to 60 days. If your refund has not come even after the passage of time, then there is no need to panic. If you want, you can send the request for reprocessing your refund to the Income Tax Department. Before getting refund, make sure to check whether your bank account is already valid or not. If everything is correct then you can apply for service request by visiting the e-filing portal.
Don’t forget to check this before service request
If you want to request for re-issue of your refund, then first check whether your refund is showing Reject on TIN-NSDL website or not. For this you can also track your refund. If your refund status is not showing or the reason for rejecting the refund is not given on the e-filing website, then you will not be able to place a request for re-issuance of your refund. In such a situation, you can register your complaint through the e-filing portal e-Nivaran tab.
How to enter refund re-issue request
- First of all go to the official website www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.
- After clicking on the ‘My Account’ menu, then click on the ‘Service Request’ link.
- Select the request type as ‘New Request’. Select ‘Request Category’ as ‘Refund Reissue’ and then hit the submit button.
- After this, the page will display PAN, return type, assessment year, acknowledgment number, communication reference number, reason for rejection of refund and response.
- Now click on the ‘Submit hyperlink’ in the ‘Response’ column. This will show the pre-validated bank accounts, where the EVC enabled will also be visible.
- Select the account in which you want the refund and click on Continue.
- Click on ‘OK’ if all the details are correct. After this, options for e-verification will appear in the dialog box. Select the appropriate mode of e-verification. Generate and enter the
- Electronic Verification Code (EVC)/Aadhaar OTP to submit the request.
- A ‘Success’ message will appear on your screen confirming the refund re-issue submission.
How to check refund re-issue status
- First of all go to the official portal www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.
- Go to My Account and select Service Request and select the request type as the view request. After this, select the request category as refund re-issue.
- Finally, after clicking on the submit button, you will get your status.
