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Dec 26, 2025
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When will income tax refunds come? Over 73 lakh AY 2025-26 tax returns still unprocessed
For millions of taxpayers, the wait for income tax refunds has stretched longer than usual this year. With just six days left before December 31, the deadline to file revised and belated ITRs for AY 2025-26, anxiety is clearly building among those who are yet to hear from the tax department.
The numbers explain the concern
As of December 25, 2025, around 8.53 crore income tax returns (ITRs) have been filed for the current assessment year. Out of these, 8.41 crore returns have been verified and only about 7.80 crore have been processed so far.
This leaves around 73 lakh taxpayers waiting for their returns to be processed and refunds, if any, to be issued.
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