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Dec 24, 2025
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Amid rising complaints of stuck refunds, Income Tax Dept cites high ineligible claims; asks taxpayers to file revised ITRs
Amid surging complaints by taxpayers over stuck income tax refunds for the ongoing assessment year 2025-26, the Income Tax Department on Tuesday said certain taxpayers have “claimed ineligible refunds by availing deductions or exemptions to which they are not entitled, resulting in understatement of income”. The Department said it has contacted such taxpayers through SMS and email under the NUDGE campaign to correct such errors for which the revised returns need to be filed by December 31.
Sources said the Income Tax Department had been scrutinising high-value deductions and refunds above the threshold of Rs 50,000 but it has now started to issue refunds which is likely to reflect in the next 10 days.
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