ITR Refund: Your income tax refund may get stuck due to these reasons, how to prevent it?
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The Income Tax Department has released the ITR forms on 30 April 2025. At the same time, very soon all the companies will also start giving Form-16 to their employees. It contains all the information like annual income, tax deduction.
While filing ITR, many people also request for refund. This refund is made for TDS (Tax Deducted at Source). But sometimes this refund can get stuck or trapped. If you want to protect yourself from this, then you have to keep some things in mind.
When can your refund get stuck?
Usually, after filing ITR, the refund is received within 2 to 4 weeks. But sometimes this refund can also get stuck. The reasons for this can be as follows-
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- Forgetting to e-verify while filing the return. Because refund is issued by the department only after verification.
- Refund may also get stuck due to Aadhaar card not being linked to PAN card.
- Apart from this, refund can also get stuck due to mismatch of TDS (Tax Deducted at Source).
- If you have entered the wrong bank account number while filing ITR, the money gets stuck.
How to check refund status?
Step 1 – First of all you have to go to the official website of Income Tax.
Step 2- Then enter login credentials and login.
Step 3 – Here you will see the option of tax return form, click on it.
Step 4 – After this you have to select the assessment year.
Step 5 – Then click on the option of acknowledgment number, after which you will get
Refund will be shown.
Which tax regime is better for you?
Taxpayers have two options while filing returns, which include Old Tax Regime and New Tax Regime. In the Old Tax Regime, you get benefits like Section 80C. Whereas in the New Tax Regime, there is no tax on your income up to Rs 12 lakh. However, it does not provide tax saving benefits like Section 80C.
You can choose what is better for you as per the tax calculations and your needs in both the tax regimes.
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