Income Tax in Media

26% ITRs yet to be processed after 22 days of the deadline, will your ITR come under scrutiny?

The Income Tax Department has processed 73.71% of all the verified income tax returns (ITRs) as of August 22, 2024, 1 pm. According to data available on the e-filing ITR portal, 7,13,00,901 ITRs were verified and 5,25,53,097 ITRs were processed as on date. This means 26.29% or 1,87,47,804 ITRs are yet to be processed (7,13,00,901 minus 5,25,53,097). If you fall in this 26% group, then you might be curious as to why your ITR has yet to be processed, as more than half of the ITRs have already been processed.

Income Tax in Media

Mandatory scrutiny of ITR: Income tax dept reveals the criteria how the ITRs will be selected for the scrutiny

A taxpayer can now know exactly why his/her income tax return (ITR) has been selected for scrutiny (close examination) by the Income Tax Department. This is because the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has released guidelines via a circular dated May 3, 2024, which are to be followed for compulsory selection of ITRs for complete scrutiny for FY 2024-25.