How To Check If My ITR Is Filed With Income Tax Department

Income tax return filing—this one term has so much embedded in it. A series of activities take place after filing an ITR. The return shall be submitted, verified, and processed. How can you be sure that the return you filed has actually reached the Income Tax Department?

As income tax filers, it is important for us to maximize our tax refund and know the amount of refund we can claim. https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/

Thereafter, you have two routes to check your Income Tax Return status

• The option to check ITR status on the Income Tax Portal without logging in is no longer available; now, you will have to log into the income tax portal to check whether you want to check the ITR status or income tax refund status. Here is the process to check the ITR status.
• Logging into your efiling account https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/
• After logging into your account, click on the e-File option on the top left corner of the screen, and then take the cursor on the Income tax returns; four new options will appear as shown below. Click on the “View Filed Return.”
  
  
• You'll find a list of all your filed ITRs here. Simply select the one you need to check the status for and click "View Details" to check the status of your ITR.
  
  
• A new screen will appear that will show you the Activity/ Status of ITR On checking your income tax return status, any of the following messages might show up. Let’s decode each one in detail to assist you while checking the ITR status next time.
• ITR Filed
  Your return has been filed with the income tax department, but the same has not yet been verified. A return is complete and valid only when it is verified within 30 days of filing. You can either e-verify your return online or sign and send it to CPC Bengaluru. To know how to verify your return, visit here.
• Pending for e-verification
  It means your return has been filed but not yet e-verified yet.
• Successfully e-verified
  Your return has been filed with the department and you have successfully verified the same. Now, the Tax authorities will process the same.
• Under Processing
  The tax department works on analyzing, i.e., making an assessment of the ITR filed.
  The authorities will check whether you disclosed correct information, whether there is any refund payable or tax demand, whether there is any error in the return filed, etc.
• Return processed and refund paid
  It’s time to celebrate, as it means the tax authorities have checked your return and issued a refund. The refund has been either successfully credited to your bank account or a cheque has been issued to you. This marks the closure of the process of ITR status as no more follow-up is further required.
• Processed, refund determined, and sent to refund banker
  After processing your return, if the income tax department concludes that a refund is payable to you, it shall issue the same. This status means that your refund has been processed, the refund amount has been checked, and an order to credit it to your account has been issued by the department to banking authorities. Your refund is between banking channels and shall be reflected in your account in a couple of days!!
• Return processed with No demand and No refund
  The ITR you filed for the year has been processed by the income tax authorities and calculation for tax has been made. The authorities found that neither the refund was payable to you nor you are liable to pay any taxes. The TDS or advance tax you paid is equal to the tax required to be paid for the year.
• Return processed and tax demand determined
  Well, this is not good news. The IT authorities, after processing your return, saw that you had deposited lower taxes than you were required to do. This may be because you have claimed any wrong deduction or exemption, or it might be because you forgot to include any income or as a result of any clerical error. You will now be required to pay the balance taxes with interest applicable or file rectification of ITR.
• Processed and refund cheque returned unpaid
  This means the refund due to you exceeded Rs. 50,000/- hence, it was issued through cheque. The cheque so issued has returned back to the department undelivered. It might be because no one was available at the delivery address to receive the cheque or the address mentioned in ITR was found to be incorrect. In this case, you will be required to place a refund reissue request. The request can be placed online.

We, as common users, often find it difficult to understand whether our ITR has actually been filed with the department or not. Or even if filed at what stage our refund is. The ITR status shown as a one-liner is often not suffice to be interpreted.

Check your Income Tax Refund Status Through Tax2win

You can also check your income tax refund status through Tax2win’s refund status tool. Here are the simple steps you need to follow to check your refund status through Tax2win -

• Step 1. Simply Enter Your PAN number
• Step 2. Enter the Assessment Year for which you want to check your refund status.
• Step 3. Enter your email ID click “check refund status”.
• Step 4. Enter your acknowledgement number and mobile number.
• Step 5. Click “check refund status”.

While you must be waiting eagerly for your income tax refund, it is important to ensure you file your ITR accurately and on time to get your refund faster. If you are someone who finds taxes confusing, you can simply get in touch with our experts, who will not only help you file your ITR but also help you resolve notices, if any. From tax planning to tax filing and notice assistance, we have you covered. Book an online CA now!