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Not received Income Tax Refund yet or has it failed? Know what you should do now

Income Tax Refund Status Check 2022: Not received refund yet? Read below to know how to check Income tax refund status now

Most tax payee’s have already filed their income tax returns. As per the current data on the Income Tax website, over 6.16 ITRs for Assessment Year 2022-23 were filed till 11th September 2022. The income tax department has processed over 5 crores ITRs already.

The due date for filing income tax returns for Annual Year 2022-23 was 31st July 2022. After return filing, the chief burden of tax payee’s is of refund. While many tax payee’s have already received refunds, there are some who did not received the refund yet.

Here’s read below how you can check your Income Tax Refund refund status if not received yet

Sujit Bangar, Founder of Taxbuddy.com tells you will get a refund only after your ITR is processed. “After your ITR is processed you will receive intimation Under Section 143(1) on your mail from the Income Tax Department. You may also track ITR status on the income tax e- filing website,” he said.

There are two methods to track your refund status online:

  1. You can check from NSDL website
  2. And from the income tax e-filing website

Steps for tracking refund status from NSDL website

  1. First you need to go NSDL website (https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/oltas/refundstatuslogin.htmle).
  2. Enter your PAN number and relevant Assessment year.
  3. Then, enter captcha code and click on submit button.
  4. Based on the status of the refund, you will find a message on the screen. If it displays no record found, it means Income Tax Department has not issued the refund yet.

Steps for tracking refund status from income tax filing website

  1. You need to go Income tax e-filing website (https://eportal.incometax.gov.in/iec/foservices/#/login)
  2. Login to the website using your PAN and password.
  3. Then, go to the e-file option and click on Income Tax returns
  4. Select view filed returns and view details. If it displays no record found, it means that the Income Tax Department has not issued the refund yet.

What to do if the tax refund failed?

According to Bangar, in case if your refund has failed, you may make a refund re-issue request through the Income Tax e-filing portal.