ITR Filing 2024: How to check income tax refund status online using PAN card? A step-by-step guide

ITR Filing 2024: How to check income tax refund status online using PAN card? A step-by-step guide

The Income Tax Department’s repeated reminders about the July 31 income tax returns (ITR) filing deadline are important. With more than four crore ITRs already submitted for AY 2024-25, it’s evident that many taxpayers are attentive to their tax responsibilities.  To check the status of your income tax refund online using only your PAN card, … Read more

Successfully filed ITR? Tax refund may still get delayed this year due to THIS reason says CA, netizens disagree…

Successfully filed ITR? Tax refund may still get delayed this year due to THIS reason says CA, netizens disagree…

Despite successfully filing your income tax returns or ITR for this assessment year, your tax refund may be delayed, a social media user claiming to be a Chartered Accountant said. CA Anand Luhar, who claims to be associated with the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), in a post on X (formerly … Read more

Income tax filing: Last minute mistakes to avoid and details to check when filing your income tax returns

Income tax filing: Last minute mistakes to avoid and details to check when filing your income tax returns

Filing your taxes at the last-minute could lead you to miss out on disclosing some transactions or failing to gather all the required documents on time. For instance, if you invest in cryptocurrency, you have to disclose those transactions scrip-wise.  Karan Batra, founder of Charteredclub.com, said crypto exchanges don’t have a standard format for statements, … Read more

Income Tax department’s big warning: Exaggerated, bogus claims for refunds punishable offence

Income Tax department’s big warning: Exaggerated, bogus claims for refunds punishable offence

The Income Tax Department has asked all citizen filing income tax returns to not make bogus claims for expenses, under-report their income or exaggerate deductions, this is a punishable offence causing delays in the issuance of refunds, reported PTI on Sunday, July 28. The income tax return (ITR) filing session for the assessment year 2024-25 … Read more

Sold house in last 2 years? You may get both indexation benefit and lower 12.5% tax rate

Sold house in last 2 years? You may get both indexation benefit and lower 12.5% tax rate

The Budget has dealt a blow to property owners by removing the indexation benefit. Previously, sellers could adjust the purchase price of a property for inflation, which would significantly reduce capital gains tax. The silver lining, however, is that the long-term capital gain (LTCG) tax has been reduced to 12.5% from 20% earlier. But, those … Read more

Income Tax Return: Can Budget 2024 tweaks impact your ITR filing? All you need to know ahead of July 31 deadline

Income Tax Return: Can Budget 2024 tweaks impact your ITR filing? All you need to know ahead of July 31 deadline

With the revision of tax rates in the new tax regime (NTR) announced in Budget 2024, some taxpayers are in a dilemma about the rates at which they have to calculate their income tax liability while filing their income tax returns ahead of the July 31 deadline. In Budget 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced … Read more

Taxnet 2.0: How will taxpayers’ experience improve with new digital infra technology?

Taxnet 2.0: How will taxpayers’ experience improve with new digital infra technology?

With Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) awarding Taxnet 2.0 project to Bharti-Airtel, tax department’s network system is likely to undergo a facelift. For the uninitiated, CBDT is the top governing body that heads the income tax department. The Sunil Mittal-led telecom company will be responsible for a slew of services to be provided to … Read more

Why you shouldn’t rely on AIS for reporting stocks, MFs, derivatives in your ITR

Why you shouldn't rely on AIS for reporting stocks, MFs, derivatives in your ITR

The idea is to use it as a tax book while filing returns. However, instead of easing compliance, it has often increased the burden on taxpayers mostly because details related to equity transactions in the statement are inaccurate. To make matters worse, the onus of fixing the errors lies with the taxpayers.  Experts said the … Read more

ITR filing: What is income tax rebate under section 87A and why are some taxpayers unable to claim it?

ITR filing: What is income tax rebate under section 87A and why are some taxpayers unable to claim it?

Taxpayers are entitled to claim a rebate under section 87A of the Income Tax (I-T) Act, 1961, which enables them to pay ‘nil’ tax when their income is up to ₹5 lakh in the old tax regime and ₹7 lakh in the new tax regime. However, a number of taxpayers and chartered accountants have expressed … Read more

Income Tax Return Filing: Calls for extending deadline grow louder as glitches continue on I-T portal

Income Tax Return Filing: Calls for extending deadline grow louder as glitches continue on I-T portal

As only two weeks are left before the deadline to file income tax return (ITR) expires on July 31, taxpayers continue to face glitches on the I-T website. As a result of these glitches, a number of taxpayers are requesting the income tax department on social media for the extension of the deadline. One user, Doli … Read more