ear Sir I have filed the ITR for my deceased father as a Legal Heir for AY2023-34 and there was a TDS refund. However the SB account (linked to PAN of the deceased) and ITR Portal login was closed by the Bank & IT dept respectively and no further refunds can be had into this account. The refund from IT dept failed citing bank account not validated (error code 155) with a responde to reinititiate the refund/reissue I have subsequently tried multiple times to intitiate the refunds as a Legal heir, mentioning my prevalidated Bank Account No (which is visble when i select the refund option and aadhar verified during submission via OTP), but every time the refund inititiated by me has failed citing Bank account not prevalidated (error code 155) I have raised multiple grievances, but all the responses are closed without giving a resolution which should work Please advice what i can do to claim this refund. Should I file a revised ITR (putting my bank account instead if this is possible) Regards Subha Lahiri

Ans: ITRs can be filed without having the Aadhar-PAN link completed; however, such ITR filings would render the user ineligible to avail refunds and interest on such tax refunds till the time PAN is linked with Aadhar.
• After e-filing your return, you must verify it. Your return filing process is not complete unless you do so.
• The timeline for e-verification of returns filed after 1st August 2022 is 30 days from the date of submitting the return.
• As per the IT department, if the ITR filed is verified (electronically or by sending ITR-V to ITD) before the time limit of 30 days, then the date on which the return was filed will be considered as the date of furnishing ITR.
• In the offline verification case, the speed post-dispatch date of the duly verified ITR-V will be taken into account to determine the 30-day period starting from the day the income tax return was electronically transmitted.
As per the data provided by you, your return has been verified within the timeline of 30 days. Normally, it takes 20-45 days for the refund to reach you after filing and verifying your ITR but your Aadhar and PAN got linked on 12th August. The delay in refund is due to it.

We suggest you wait for some more time and regularly check the “My Pending Action option” in your income tax account portal.

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