How to get Income tax Refund?

Procedure to be followed if refund cheque not received:

A Know whether Return was filed online or manually

B If return is filed online then refund will be processed by CPC Bangalore and need to send a request letter for change in address to CPC Bangalore or

C If return is filed manually then first it will be processed by the concerned officer and thereafter ECS/ Cheque will be issued by SBI. Write a letter to the department stating that refund cheque was not received due to change in address.

 D  Below are the necessary data required in order to get the Refund through Cheque?

1. PAN should be Valid

2. Account Name should have at least 2 alpha – characters.

3. Account Number characteristics:

a. There should be a minimum of 1 numeric digit (1-9) in the Account Number

b. Forward slash and Hyphen are the only two special characters which are allowed.

c. The first digit cannot be a special character.

d. Between two special characters there should be at least one alphabet or number, for example, /A/ is allowed but // is not allowed.

e. In Account Number, Last digit should be a number. For example, BSD 124350 is allowed but ABS 123C is not allowed.

f. In Account Number, any numeric string between alphabets or special characters cannot be all zeros.

g. Account Number should not be all zero (Anything like 0, 00, 0000, 000000 etc will be Rejected)

h. Account no & Account Name should not be null.

E  Basic data required all the validations to get the Refund through ECS?

1. Same as above regarding account no.

2. There should not be any alpha or special character in the account number field. It should CONTAIN only numbers

F  If my Refund is failed due to change in my Communication Address then change the address by following below steps.

For the change in Address and all address related issues. Taxpayer has to Login to http://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.

a. Login to the above website, where in the login id will be the PAN Number and Password is which is created when logging in for the first time.

b. Now go to My account tab and select ( 143/1 , Refund Re-issue, 154 ).

c. Refund re-issue address has a drop down arrow where you can select to which address the refund cheque needs to be dispatched.

d. There are few validations for verification details, so all the details entering should be same as per the Intimation.

e. The mandatory fields( includes verification details) to be filled in are: CPC Reference number, AY( Assessment year), Refund Sequence number, Total Refund amount, Gross total income, Net amount refundable, DOB(Date Of Birth).

f. IF there is any change of name, it can be changed in Refund Re-issue specification changes, just click the radio button which says: Name as in PAN.

g. Click on save and submit button to complete it.

G  If all the necessary validations are satisfied, then the Refund will automatically be sent to the Banker within 3 working days, where in the Taxpayer can contact the SBI for further details.

H  If my Refund is failed due to error in A\c number or Change in the A\c details then go through the below steps?

a. Tax Payer needs to download the “Response Sheet”from the Income Tax website( www.incometaxindia.gov.in ) and take a printout of the same.

b. If intimation is received, then the Response sheet will be sent along with it.

c. Fill in the necessary fields in the Response sheet, Original Cancelled Cheque should be enclosed with it as a proof.

d. Incase if there is no cheque, Passbook front page/Bank statement with seal and signature is accepted.

I  Below Points to be noted while sending a Response Sheet:

a. Signature of the Tax Payer on the Response Sheet is Mandatory.

b. Original Cancelled Cheque should be enclosed, Photocopied cheque is not accepted.

c. The Original cancelled cheque should have printed or handwritten A/C no on it.

d. A/C number and MICR code on the Response Sheet should be as on Cheque.

e. Overwritten A/C no and Dual A/C no on the cheque are not accepted.

f. Signature on the Response Sheet and the cancelled Cheque should be same.