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Mumbai. The Income Tax Department has issued refunds of Rs 1.14 lakh crore to 1.97 crore taxpayers from April 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022. Out of this, a refund of Rs 61 thousand 252 crore has been given to 1.96 crore taxpayers as personal income tax refund. At the same time, corporate tax refund of Rs 53 thousand 158 crore has been given to 1.47 lakh taxpayers. It usually takes about a month for the tax refund to come after ITR processing. Normally it takes 2 to 3 months to complete the processing of ITR from the centralized processing sector.

Check status of your refund

Taxpayers can visit tin.tin.nsdl.com. To find out the refund status, two information needs to be entered here – PAN number and the year for which the refund is pending. Now you have to fill the captcha code given below. After this, the status will come as soon as you click on Proceed. There are many people who have not got refund till now. If your refund has not been received, there could be several reasons for this. We are telling you what could be the reasons for the delay in refund.

Bank account must be pre-validated

Get the bank account pre-validated (already verified) in the bank account in which the income tax refund is to be received. After filing Income Tax Return (ITR), if any refund is made to you, then it is available to you through the Centralized Processing Center (CPC) of the Income Tax Department. For this, it is important that your bank account is pre-validated so that you do not get delayed in getting your refund.

Income Tax Department not responding to emails

According to experts, refunds can also get stuck due to non-reply to the e-mail sent by the Income Tax Department. In the e-mail sent by the Income Tax Department, information is sought from the taxpayers regarding their outstanding demand, any discrepancy in their bank account and refund. Your refund may get stuck even if you do not provide this information at the right time.