Income Tax Refund

Speeding up the process of filing income-tax returns and making it more convenient, a software called `Uttam Sewa’ has been prepared by the department concerned to facilitate the work of over three lakh assessee across city and Mohali. Scheduled to be launched in the city by July 15, the software will not only ensure a [...] Full Article

MUMBAI: Salaried taxpayers who have not received refunds for assessment years 2003-04 to 2006-07 can find out whether their refunds have been returned undelivered from this link: http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/CCIT/refundsearch.asp You can get the information from the menu `undelivered salary refund management system’, using your PAN number. If any refund has been returned undelivered due to a [...] Full Article

During 2007, the then Finance Minister P. Chidambaram launched an innovative scheme called as Refund banker Scheme. It was first introduced in New Delhi and Patna. Since then, the scheme has been extended to other cities in India. Here, we take a look at the Refund Banker Scheme, its pros and cons.  Refund Banker Scheme:-A [...] Full Article

Individual and small corporate taxpayers will get income or corporate tax refunds in four months, with the refund banker scheme spreading across the country soon. The refunds, arising out of tax payments and TDS collections, usually take more than a year to reach the average taxpayer. “Tax and TDS refunds will now reach the individual and [...] Full Article

Meticulous and diligent tax payers waiting for refunds at the end of the financial year would be shocked at this: money meant for refunds is suspected to have been diverted to some fake accounts and the authorities have initiated a police probe into the racket. As many as 10 complaints have been filed by the [...] Full Article

Where any question arises as to the period to be excluded for the purpose of grant of interest under section 244A (1), the same is necessarily and mandatory to be decided either by Chief CIT or CIT and not by the AO or the Commissioner (Appeals).   ITAT DELHI BENCH `E’, NEW DELHI Power Finance [...] Full Article

Refund Banker is a scheme wherein a scheduled bank is authorised to issuerefund instruments, either in paper form or electronically, on behalf of theIncome-Tax department. Under this scheme, assessees benefit from faster tax refunds and direct credit into their bank accounts on the lines of dividend payments made bycorporates to shareholders. State Bank of India (SBI) is already operating as the 'Refund Bank' for the Income-Tax department in Delhi, Patna, Chennai, Full Article

The Board had issued Circular No. 790 dated 20th April, 2000, laying down the procedure for refund of tax deducted under section 195, in certain situations to the person deducting the tax at source from the payment to the non-resident. Representations have been received in the Board from taxpayers requesting that the said Circular may be amended to take into account situations where genuine claim for refund arises to the person deducting the tax at source from payment to.. Full Article