Your Income Tax Refund can Stuck in Middle due to Several Reasons, Know How these can be Resolved:

Resolve these issues to get your Income Tax Refund on time The Income Tax Department has already notified the ITR forms on April 31, 2025. Companies will also soon begin offering Form 16 to their employers. Form 16 consists of details such as annual income, tax deduction. When filing your Income Tax Return (ITR), several people also ask for a refund. This refund is usually for the tax already deducted from your income (TDS – Tax Deducted at Source). However, sometimes the refund can get delayed or stuck. To avoid this, you need to follow a few important steps carefully.

Reasons why your refund sometimes gets stuck?

Generally, a refund is given to individuals after 2 to 4 days of filing the ITR. However, sometimes this refund gets stuck in the middle for some reason. These reasons are as follows:

• When individuals forget to e-verify while filing the income tax return as refund is given by the income tax department itself once after the verification process is completed.
• The second reason for this is that the Aadhar card is not linked with the PAN card.
• This can also happen when the Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) mismatches.
• When an incorrect bank account number is entered into the form while filing the ITR.
• Individuals can also track their refund when it is scheduled to arrive at their homes.

How refund status be checked?

Below steps listed below can be followed to check the refund status:

• Step 1: Visit the official website of the Income Tax Department.
• Step 2: Enter all essential details and log in to your account.
• Step 3: The option of the tax return form will appear on the screen. Click it.
• Step 4: Now select the current assessment year.
• Step 5: Now select the acknowledgement number option. After this, your refund status will be shown on screen.

The details about income tax refund is given to the taxpayer by the income tax department via email and SMS. In addition to this any problem associated with refund is also informed to the taxpayer via email.

Which Tax Option Is Better for You?

When filing your income tax return, you can choose between two options: the Old Tax Regime and the New Tax Regime.

• In the Old Tax Regime, you can save money through deductions like Section 80C (for investments, insurance, etc.).
• In the New Tax Regime, you don’t get these deductions, but you don’t have to pay any tax if your income is up to Rs. 12 lakh.