New Delhi. People’s wait for income tax refund is increasing. Especially the refunds of more than one lakh are still pending. Because, the Income Tax Department audited the cases to refund, which revealed that exemption was wrongly claimed regarding the refund. After malfunctions came to light in many cases, the Income Tax Department started a thorough investigation, in which it was found that manipulation had been done to get a large number of refunds.

Sources say that during investigation, it was found that in some cases, donations were shown to political parties while filing returns, but when investigation was done, it was found that the money was not transferred to the account of the concerned political party.

A large amount of money was shown as donation
In many cases large sums of money were shown as donations. Similarly, in some cases it was seen that money was shown to be given as donation to the NGO, but when the accounts of the concerned NGO were audited, it was found that the donation was transferred only on paper.

Manipulation in children’s fees and rent also
Receipts to NGOs were used to get income tax exemption. Similarly, irregularities were made in showing children’s fees and house rent. Such cases were caught with the help of AI in the initial phase, but later when the Income Tax Department deployed its own officers and got the investigation done, the cases were caught.

Could not prove exemption claim
It is being told that the Income Tax Department issued a notice to the income tax payer in exemption cases, in which documents to donations to political parties, house rent and children’s fees were asked from them.

Taxpayers were asked whether the documents submitted by them as donations have not gone into the account of the concerned political party or institution. After this, in many cases people corrected their mistakes and filed revised income tax returns, but action is being taken in some cases.

A senior official associated with the Income Tax Department says that when the cases to refund were being investigated, it was seen in some cases that some income tax payers were making refund claims with similar claims for the last six-seven years. In such cases, accounts of the past years were also sought but they could not give any factual confirmation. In such cases, legal action is also being taken along with fine.

Refund will be given in one month
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBTD) has said that in the cases of returns, the scrutiny process has been completed and no irregularities have been found. The process of issuing their refund is being started. By next month, all such income taxpayers will receive the refund, but in the cases where notice has been issued, the refund will be issued only after it is proved correct.

Contact us like this to get refund
– If there is a delay in processing then you can contact Centralized Processing Center (CPC) Bengaluru. For this, you can get information by calling toll free numbers 18001030025 and 18004190025.
– If the refund scrutiny notice, adjustment under section 245 or has been stopped due to any legal reason, then the jurisdictional assessing officer will have to be contacted. You will get this information by clicking on Now Your AO option on the e-filing portal.
– Also, you can complain about not getting the refund through e-grievance method. For this, you can go to the portal and choose the grievance option and lodge your complaint.