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Check your Income Tax Refund Status

The Income Tax Department offers an online facility for tracking your Income Tax Refund and its status. Taxpayers can view status of refund 10 days after their refund has been sent. You will have to type your PAN number and select the Assessment Year.

Check your refund status with the Income Tax Department

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Specify date in format like 25/3/1987
In case of businesses specify date of registration

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Having Problems with Income Tax Refund?

Click here to see frequently asked questions about Income Tax Refund Status and our answers.



ClearTax can check the status of your refund. If you want to take any further action, such as requesting a reissue of refund or changing your address, you will need to go to the Income Tax department's e-Filing website.


Frequently Asked Questions about Income Tax Refund Status and Answers

Click on each of the questions below to see their answers. Please read the section on the right to learn more about how to use your account on the Income Tax e-Filing website: https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.

Q1. I have e-Filed my Income Tax Return but have not received my refund till now.

If you have not received your refund till date, it could be due to the following reasons:

1. Your Income Tax Return has not been processed yet.
Once the return is processed you may receive a Refund (if determined). To check the status of your e-Filed IT Return, login in the Income Tax e-Filing website and go to 'My Account' → 'My Returns/Forms'.

2. Your Income Tax Return has been processed but the Income Tax Department has determined no refund.

3. Your Income Tax Return has been processed and a refund has been determined, but the Cheque/ ECS credit could not reach you.
This could be because of: wrong address, not being available at home (door locked) or wrong Bank Account number for ECS credit.
To check if your Refund has returned back to the Income Tax Department, login and go to 'My Account' → 'My Returns/Forms' and check the status.

Q2. I checked the status of my IT Return and it is displayed as 'Refund Returned'. How can I apply for it again?


Login in the Income Tax e-Filing website and go to 'My Account' → 'Refund Re-issue request'. Select the mode of re-receiving the refund: ECS or Cheque, Provide the Bank Account number (if changed) and Provide Address details.

Q3. My Bank Account Number has changed. I want to change the Bank Account Number which I mentioned in my Income Tax Return.


You can only change your Bank Account Number if you had a refund failure i.e your IT Return is processed and a refund was generated for you but you did not receive it.
If you wish to change the Bank Account Number for Refund failure case, then login in the Income Tax e-Filing website and go to 'My Account' → 'Refund re-issue request'. Select the mode through which you wish to receive the refund- ECS or Cheque. Enter the new Bank Account Number and provide address details. Submit the request.

Once the request is submitted, your new Address is updated with the Income Tax Department.

Q4. My refund failed to reach me as my Address has changed. I want to raise a request for refund re-issue with my new Address.


You can only raise a request of refund re-issue if your refund failed to reach you and was returned to the Income Tax Department. In that case, login in the Income Tax e-Filing website and go to 'My Account' → 'Refund re-issue request'. Select the mode through which you wish to receive the refund- ECS or Cheque. Provide the new Bank Account Number (if to be changed) and provide the new Address. Submit the request.

Once the request is submitted, your new Address is updated with the Income Tax Department.

Q5. My Address has changed. I want to change the Address/ e-mail ID/ Mobile Number which I mentioned in my Income Tax Return.


Login in the Income Tax e-Filing website and go to 'My Profile Settings → 'Update Contact details'. Provide the new Address/ e-mail ID/ Mobile Number and submit. Once submitted, your Address / e-mail ID / Mobile number is updated in your profile and also sent to the CPC (Central Processing Center) to update on the Income Tax Return.

How to use the Income Tax Department's e-Filing website

  1. The first step is to either login or register on the website.

  2. Once you enter your PAN number, the website will tell you if you're already registered.

  3. If you've e-Filed before, chances are that you might already be registered. Please search your email inbox for "incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in" to look for information that might be useful.

  4. If you remember your password, login. Note: Your User ID is your PAN number.
    If you don't remember your password, you need to Reset your password.

  5. If you're not able to reset the password with any of the three options provided, please send an email to - validate@incometaxindia.gov.in with the following details

    PAN:
    PAN holder's Name:
    Date of Birth:
    Father's Name:
    Registered PAN address:

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Note that the Income Tax Department sends you Tax Refunds directly. You can directly go to TIN-NSDL website for checking Refund status.

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