TN Income Tax Status of Tax Refund Tamil Nadu & Puducherry

Organization : Income Tax Department
Service Name : Status of Tax Refund
Applicable States/UTs: Tamil Nadu & Puducherry

Website : https://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/Pages/tax-services.aspx
Check Status Here : https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/oltas/refundstatuslogin.html

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.

Related : Income Tax Department Refund Status : www.statusin.in/2513.html

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:
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.

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 tin-nsdl.com by entering the ‘PAN’ and ‘Assessment Year’ below. ‘Refund paid’ status is also being reflected in the ‘Tax Credit Statements’ in Form 26AS.

FAQs :
How will the Refund be sent to me?
Depending on the option exercised by the assesse while filing his annual ITR, refund will be made either through electronic mode i.e. direct credit to account or through Refund Cheque.

Tax payers are therefore, required to enter correct Account number and IFSC code along with complete address details including PIN code at the time of filing of Return. Refunds sent through cheques are dispatched to the address as mentioned by the tax payers through Speed Post.

The TIN status (Refund Status) shows that Refund had Expired. What shall I do?
Refund not presented for payment within the validity period of 90 days is marked as expired and cancelled. Tax payer may raise Refund re-issue request.

In case the return was filed electronically- Refund reissue request may be raised online by login into e-filing portal i.e.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in with user ID and password. In other cases the Taxpayer should contact Assessing Officer under whose jurisdiction the Return was filed for re-initiation of Refund.

The TIN status (Refund Status) shows that Refund had Returned. What shall I do?
ECS – The taxpayer may give correct bank details and raise refund reissue at e-filing portal/Assessing Officer. Paper refund- Tax payer may give correct details about address and raise refund issue request at e-filing portal/Assessing Officer.

Whom do I contact if the refund dispatched has not been received?
All Refunds are dispatched through Speed Post for which Tracking number is provided in the refund status track view on TIN. The tax payer can view status of the same on India Post tracking site i.e indiapost.gov.in or contact its local post office with tracking number as displayed on TIN.

About Us :
Tamil Nadu is one of the most urbanized State in India and has been one of India s most progressive states and is amongst the top 3 on several economic indicators. It is the 4th largest contributor to the country s direct tax revenues.

The net collection recorded by the region during financial year 2014-15 is Rs.44662 crores, which works out to 6.42% of all India collections. The automobile and automobile ancillary industry is the leading industry in Tamil Nadu. Major automobile manufacturers have manufacturing facilities at Chennai.

Contact Us :
Income Tax Department,
Aayakar Bhawan, 121, M G Road,
Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600 034,
Tamilnadu, India.