Waiting for your Income Tax Refund? Worry not, we will enlighten you with the easiest methods to check your refund status by sitting at home.
If a person has paid higher tax to the government in a fiscal year, then he or she has to file an ITR to claim the refund. The tax more than the liability is paid when the “advance tax paid by an individual, self-assessment and/or tax deducted at source (TDS)” exceeds the total tax liability during a financial year.
The Income Tax Department after analysing your ITR, if it finds that a refund is payable to you, then you will receive a notification via SMS or Email. Notification will carry the refundable amount along with the reference number of the refund sequence. Under section 143 (1) of the income tax Act, a notification is sent to the tax payee.
Refund Initialization
The refund process is initiated by the State Bank of India (SBI). And via RTGS/NEFT the refundable amount is credited into the accounts of taxpayers. Another method to transfer the amount is by issuing a demand draft or Cheque, that is sent to the taxpayer’s registered address. Note that while filing your ITR you should always recheck the account details that you are providing as the refund will be credited to that account in the near future.
As per Tax2Win.in, a tax-filing website, there are two ways to track your refund status:
- Through Income Tax e-filing website
- And on the TIN NSDL website
Income Tax E-Filing Website
- Visit the official website.
- Now login to your account by using your credentials.
- Click on this option ‘View Returns/Forms’.
- Select ‘Income Tax Returns’ from the menu and select ‘Submit’.
- Now click on your acknowledgement number provided on the screen.
- On the next page, you will have the complete information on your ITR filing and status.
- You will also be able to access information about ITR like assessment year, mode of payment, etc.
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TIN NSDL Website
On this website refund status will be shown after the 10 days of refund transferred to the SBI bank.
- Visit the official website.
- Now enter your PAN details.
- Select the assessment year of which you want to check the refund status.
- Verify yourself through captcha and then click on submit.
- Then the status of your refund will be shown to you on the next page.
