ITR Refund: Income Tax Department will not issue you refund just by filing income tax return. For this you will have to verify the ITR. Due to the procedural changes made by the Income Tax Department, now the time taken to get ITR refund will be reduced…
For those taxpayers whose accounts are not to be audited, the last date for filing income tax returns (ITR Filing Last Date) is 15 September 2025. This time the deadline for filing ITR has been extended. Last year July 31 was the last date for filing returns. Income tax payers have now started filing returns. According to the Income Tax Department website, 75,18,450 returns had been filed till July 1. Of these, the department has also verified 71,11,836 returns. The Income Tax Department issues refunds to the taxpayers’ accounts only after filing the income tax return. Do you know how many days after filing the return you will get ITR refund? If you don’t know, no problem, today we will give you this information.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had told a few days ago that due to automation and process improvement in the Income Tax Department, income tax refund is now being issued within an average of 10 days. But experts say that this is an average time. That is, the time taken to get the refund in every case can be different. It is possible that a person gets the refund only eight days after filing the income tax return and someone else may take 15 days.
It is necessary to verify ITR
The Income Tax Department will not issue you a refund just by filing your income tax return. For this, you will have to verify your ITR. The Income Tax Department processes the ITR only after the taxpayer verifies it. Taxpayers can verify their ITR online. After the taxpayer’s return is verified, it now takes an average of ten days to process it. If you do the verification offline, it may take more time to process and you will also get your refund late.
5 main reasons for delay in refund
The Income Tax Department verifies every return carefully. If the claim information is recorded in Form-16, then it takes less time to process. If the information is not updated in Form-16, the processing time increases. Apart from this, there are some other reasons due to which the refund is delayed. Let us know about them
Not doing e-verification: Just filing ITR is not enough. Unless you e-verify it online, the return is not processed and refund is not issued.
PAN and Aadhaar not linked: If your PAN number is not linked with Aadhaar then the Income Tax Department can hold your ITR.
Discrepancy in TDS details: If the TDS information filled in your ITR does not match with Form 26AS or Annual Information Statement (AIS), then the matter may go for investigation.
Incorrect bank details: If you have entered the wrong bank account number or IFSC code, the refund will not be credited to your account.
Not responding to departmental emails or notices: If the department contacts you for any information and you do not respond, the refund may be withheld.
If you want a refund soon then do this work
To avoid delay in refund, it is important to link PAN and Aadhaar, provide correct bank details, and accurate TDS information. Also, do e-verification immediately after filing ITR. You can do this work through Aadhaar OTP, net banking or other digital options. By keeping all these things in mind, you can get your income tax refund on time.
