Currently, in order to speed up the processing , the tax refunds up to Rs 5,000 are being issued without adjustment of outstanding demand.

Outstanding Tax Demand Status: If you are waiting for the income tax refund and not yet received it, there could be an outstanding tax demand from the income tax department. If any tax refund is due, the refund will be adjusted against the outstanding demand. Currently, in order to speed up the processing, the tax refunds up to Rs 5,000 are being issued without adjustment of outstanding demand. However, in the case of higher refunds, it is better to confirm and pay any tax due to the government. Once the outstanding tax is paid to the government, your income tax return will get processed and tax refund, if any will become payable.

To check your Outstanding Tax Demand status, you can log on to the e-filing website of the income tax department and not only submit the response online but also one can pay outstanding tax demand online if any. You can even choose to Agree or Disagree with the tax demand.

Here is how to check Outstanding Tax Demand Status:

On choosing ‘Demand is partially correct’, Enter the ‘Amount which is correct’ and the ‘Amount which is incorrect’ will be auto filled. Select the appropriate reason(s) from the list and fill all the applicable fields, upload the necessary supporting documents and ‘Submit’ the response.

On choosing ‘Disagree with demand’, Select the appropriate reason(s) from the list and fill all the applicable fields, upload the necessary supporting documents and ‘Submit’ the response.

On choosing ‘Demand is not correct but agree for adjustment’, Select the appropriate reason(s) from the list and fill all the applicable fields, upload the necessary supporting documents and ‘Submit’ the response.

On choosing ‘Demand is not correct but agree for adjustment’, Select the appropriate reason(s) from the list and fill all the applicable fields, upload the necessary supporting documents and ‘Submit’ the response.

What to do after paying outstanding tax demand

On successful submission of the response, a success message along with Transaction ID is displayed.

After paying outstanding tax demand and in order to view the submitted response: