TDS Refund Status

Here are the steps to claim your income Tax or TDS Refund –

Step 1: Enter your PAN number to check whether you are already registered on

https://portal.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/e-Filing/Registration/RegistrationControl.html

Step 2: Register or login on the portal.

Step 3: Download the relevant ITR form, fill the required details, upload, and submit the form.

Step 4: E-verify the ITR submission through an Aadhaar-based OTP, digital signature, or your net banking account.

Step 5: You will receive an Acknowledgement and TDS refund processing email (if you are eligible to receive a TDS refund) from the Income Tax Department.

Under this facility, you receive the TDS refund directly in your registered bank account. TDS refund through RTGS/ECS is the fastest facility provided by the IT department.

You receive an account payee cheque from the Income Tax department. To receive the cheque, you must provide your bank account number along with your address.

This TDS Refund Status implies that your Income tax refund is still not processed. In such cases, you must confirm if your income tax return is filed and duly verified.

Here are different ITR-Vor 'Income Tax Refund – Verification' Receipt Status for your reference –

a. ITR-V Received – ITR-V form is duly received at CPC-Bangalore and is successfully verified

b. ITR-V e-verified – Your income tax return is e-verified

c. E-return for this Assessment Year has been Digitally signed – Your Income tax return has been filed and verified with Digital Signature

d. ITR-V not received – ITR-V form is yet to be e-verified or received by CPC (you must send a signed copy of ITR-V to CPC Bangalore or opt for e-verification process

This TDS Refund Status means that the Income Tax Department has processed the refund and sent it to you by either paper cheque or direct debit to your Bank Account Number (registered at the time of filing your return).

You can contact your bank in case you have opted to 'Direct debit to your bank account' and still not received your TDS refund.

You can check your TDS refund status by tracking the Speed Post reference number, in case you have opted for TDS refund by paper cheque.

This TDS Refund status implies that no income tax e-return has been filed for this PAN. In other words, it means that you may have missed the deadline to e-file your return. If this is the case, then you must proceed to file your Income-tax Return immediately.

Also Read: Why Should You File Your ITR on Time?

In case of this TDS refund status, you may have filed for a refund, but you are not eligible for any refund, as per the calculations of the Income-tax department.

Usually, this happens when there is a mismatch in your and their TDS details calculations.

Subsequently, the IT department may issue an intimation under Section 143(1)(a), depicting a comparison between the details submitted and those considered by the Income-tax Department.

If you find any errors in the return, you can seek correction of the same by filing rectification return.

This online TDS return status implies that the Income Tax department has processed and released the refund; however, either your bank details or your address is incorrect

In this case, you must visit your Refund Banker's website and enter your PAN details and Assessment year to check the status of the TDS refund.

Later, you can update the details on the Income Tax Department's website and raise a refund re-issue request.

This online TDS refund status implies that the Income Tax department has completed the process of calculating your return and generated a Refund request.

The details of the TDS refund have been forwarded to your refund banker for further processing and disbursal.

Your Refund Banker service will provide the latest status of the TDS refund such as speed post tracking and error messages if you have provided incorrect bank details. You can recheck the TDS refund status after a few days for any updates by your refund banker.

The meaning of this TDS refund status is that the Income Tax department has rejected your request for refund. Instead, the department had raised a demand for outstanding taxes that you need to pay.

You would receive a notice from the IT department, containing information about the reason and the exact amount of outstanding demand. You can check the notice to understand and clarify the reason behind the difference in the two tax amounts.

It is advisable that you verify your e-Filing records and if you find that you have raised an erroneous request for TDS refund, you must pay the outstanding the tax amount. In case you find that the intimation was mistakenly sent by the IT department, you can update your e-filing details, if needed and file a Rectification Return to support your TDS return claim.

This TDS refund status means that the Income Tax department requires some clarification or additional information related to your Income-tax Return.

You can contact the AO (also known as the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer) for your region via telephone, email, or post to provide the required details.

Also Read: What is TDS Challan?

Step 5: Select' New Request' under Request Type.

Step 6: Select 'Refund Re-issue' under the Request Category

Step 7: Click on the 'Submit' button under the Response column.

Step 8: Fill additional details such as Account Type, Bank Account number, IFSC Code.

Step 9: Click on 'Submit.' after filling all the details.

Step 10: You must authenticate the TDS refund re-issue request through EVC code and Aadhaar OTP.

Step 11: Click on 'Submit'.

Any changes related to your bank or address details that you make here will be updated automatically in the centralized TIN database. Subsequently, your TDS refund amount will be re-issued based on your updated records.

Step 2: Enter your PAN, e-filing password, and captcha code to login.

Step 3: Click on 'View returns/forms' on the dashboard.

Step 4: Select income tax return in the drop-down menu

Step 5: Click on the acknowledgement number to check the details of the TDS refund payment mode, amount of TDS refund and the date of credit (if your TDS refund has been processed and released.

Step 1: Go to TIN NSDL website

Step 2: Enter your PAN number.

Step 3: Choose the assessment year for the TDS refund.

Step 4: Enter the Captcha Code to proceed.