ITR Refund Status

Income tax department has allowed to check online whether ITR has been refunded or not. Here is how to know ITR refund status online. Tax filing or ITR filing period is over.

If you have paid more tax than what is actually due, the excess TDS deductions will be refunded to you by the government department. Income tax department has allowed to check whether ITR refund or not through online. Here is how to know ITR refund status online.

Visit NSDL website (https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/oltas/servlet/RefundStatusTrack) to know ITR refund status. On the home page there is an option to click to check PAN status (check status for PAN). Click it.
PAN number has to be entered on the next page. Then enter assessment year and captcha code. Then click to continue.
Now your ITR refund status will appear.
As mentioned on the NSDL website, ITR is refunded in two ways. They are as follows;

As mentioned on the NSDL website, ITR is refunded in two ways. They are as follows;

RTGS / NECS: It is mandatory to provide MICR code or IFSC code of taxpayer’s bank account and correct communication address for direct refund to bank account.

Paper Check: It is mandatory to provide bank account number and correct address.

It is possible to know the status of refund only after 10 days of refund by Assessing Officer or refund banker.

Refund process completed but money not received?

There is also a possibility that even though the Income Tax Department has completed the refund process, it has not been transferred to your bank account from the issuing bank (SBI). In such a case, confirm which bank account you have linked with the Income Tax Department. Depending on your PAN number, many bank accounts are likely to be linked with the Income Tax Department portal. So you need to activate and pre-validate the specific bank account to receive the refund amount.