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If you have not yet received the amount of your Income Tax refund, the reason is probably that the amount was withheld. Understand the details!
If your Income Tax refund money has still not reached you, the withholding of the amount may be to blame. In this regard, the Federal Revenue Service made the payment of the last refund batch last Friday (29).
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However, some taxpayers, due to complications with their tax returns, unfortunately fell into the tax net and did not receive the amounts owed. Find out, in the following points, how to carry out the necessary procedure to release the withdrawal of the corresponding refund amount.
Checking the Status of my Income Tax
If the refund amounts have still not reached you, it is likely that the tax net has withheld your return. However, there is a simple way to check your situation: by visiting the restricted area of e-CAC, logging in, and navigating to the “My Income Tax (Dirpf Statement)” section.
Subsequently, you will need to access the section called “IRPF Services”. There, you can check the details about why your Income Tax return was held for review and thus proceed with the amendment.
How many taxpayers faced tax scrutiny in 2023?
According to the data released regarding this year’s Income Tax, 3.1% of the returns submitted were held for review. This translates to a total of 1,366,778 returns, out of more than 43.4 million submitted.
Therefore, these people who faced tax scrutiny need to carry out the amendment process so that the return can be processed correctly. Once the issue has been resolved, they should be able to proceed with the request to receive their refund.
Receiving the Income Tax refund
Once all matters relating to the return have been resolved, the taxpayer becomes eligible to receive the refund amounts. Thus, they will be able to receive the amounts normally in the account specified when the return was filed.
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However, if the taxpayer takes more than a year to claim the amount, it will be necessary to submit the request through e-CAC. Simply access the “Declarations and Statements” and “My Income Tax” sections, clicking “Request the refund not claimed through the banking network”.
