Know Your Income Tax Refund Status online

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The Centralised Processing Centre of the Income Tax Department here has processed over 26 lakh e-filed returns in Forms 1-4 for the assessment year 2009-10. It has determined refunds in over five lakh cases. A release said refunds are being sent through State Bank of India. The status of these refunds can be checked at CPC’s call centre (080-43456700) or at www.tin-nsdl.com.

The department has been informed by the bank that a large number of refund cheques in respect of paper returns for 2008-09 have been returned by the postal authorities owing to change in address or for other similar reasons. Many refunds in ECS mode have not been successfully credited to taxpayers accounts because of incomplete/incorrect MICR and bank account details. Details of these returned intimations are available at www.incometax bangalore-.org. In respect of paper returns of salary ranges of Bangalore for 2008-09 processed at the CPC, taxpayers may contact the PRO, Income-tax Department at Ground Floor, Central Revenue Buildings, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

They may collect the returned intimation and update their details of address/bank accounts/MICR code by writing to CPC, Bangalore at CPC, Post Bag No. 1, Bangalore–560100. In case of updated bank account/MICR code, taxpayers should enclose a copy of a cancelled cheque while giving the details, the release added.

REFUND STATUS

The ‘Refund Banker Scheme,’ which commenced from 24th Jan 2007, is now operational for Non-corporate taxpayers assessed in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune, Patna, Cochin, Trivandrum, Chandigarh, Allahabad, and Kanpur.

In the ‘Refund Banker Scheme’ the refunds generated on processing of Income tax Returns by the Assessing officers/ CPC-Bangalore are transmitted to State Bank of India, CMP branch, Mumbai (Refund Banker) on the next day of processing for further distribution to taxpayers.

Refunds are being sent in following two modes:

1. RTGS / NECS: To enable credit of refund directly to the bank account, Taxpayer’s Bank A/c (at least 10 digits), MICR code of bank branch and correct communication address is mandatory.
2. Paper Cheque: Bank Account No, Correct address is mandatory.

Taxpayers can view status of refund 10 days after their refund has been sent by the Assessing Officer to the Refund Banker – by entering ‘PAN’ and ‘Assessment Year’ below.

Other Refunds

Status of ‘paid’ refund, being paid other than through ‘Refund Banker,’ can also be viewed at www.tin-nsdl.com by entering the ‘PAN’ and ‘Assessment Year’ .

‘Refund paid’ status is also being reflected in the ‘Tax Credit Statements’ in Form 26AS.