Income tax refunds: 20 lakh taxpayers got over ₹62,000 crore this financial year
Live MintExpediting the process of issuing income tax refunds during the coronavirus pandemic, the income tax department issued tax refunds at the speed of 76 cases per minute from 8th April to 30th June. "During this period of just 56 weekdays, the Central Board of Direct taxes has issued refunds in more than 20.44 lakh cases amounting to more than ₹62,361 crore," the finance ministry said in a release today. Income tax refunds amounting to ₹23,453.57 crore have been issued in 19,07,853 cases to taxpayers and corporate tax refunds amounting to ₹38,908.37 crore have been issued in 1,36,744 cases to taxpayers during this period. In some cases, the income tax department has sent emails to taxpayers asking them to confirm their outstanding tax demand, their bank account number and reconciliation of defect/mismatch prior to issue of refund.