Average time taken for issuing I-T refunds reduced to 16 days in 2022-23: CBDT chairman

Average time taken for issuing refunds by the income tax department has been brought down “significantly” and 80 per cent of refunds were issued in the first 30 days of filing of returns during the 2022-23 fiscal, CBDT Chairman Nitin Gupta has said. The chief of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said the work of processing Income Tax Returns (ITRs) has been “expedited” as the tax department is leveraging technology in a big way and was working to ensure ‘ease of doing business’ for the taxpayers by promoting voluntary compliance.

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