How to Raise a Refund Reissue Request on the Tax Portal

Trying again

If your refund failed on a bank issue, the department will not retry on its own. You must ask, through a Refund Reissue Request.

One prerequisite

You must have at least one active, pre-validated bank account linked to your profile. Requesting reissue to the same faulty account just fails again.

Step-by-step (portal path)

1. Log in at incometax.gov.in with your PAN and password.
2. Go to Services > Refund Reissue.
3. Click Create Refund Reissue Request.
4. Select the Assessment Year where the refund failed and continue.
5. Choose a pre-validated bank account.
6. E-verify with Aadhaar OTP or net banking.
7. Submit and note the Transaction ID.

How long it takes

Once a valid reissue is raised, the credit usually arrives within about 15 to 30 days (Source: Income Tax Department refund guidance).

What you should do

Validate and nominate the account first, then raise the reissue and e-verify it, because an unverified request will not move.

Common mistake

Forgetting to e-verify the reissue request. Without verification, the portal does not act on it.

How LastMinute ITR helps

LastMinute ITR nudges you to confirm bank validation before you ever reach this stage. Start at /file, import at /file/import/documents, and reconcile at /file/import/mismatch.

LastMinute ITR is a companion tool, not affiliated with the Income Tax Department. You file and e-verify your return yourself on incometax.gov.in.