What is Tax Refund ?

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DEFINITION of 'Tax Refund' A tax refund is a refund on taxes paid to an individual or household when the actual tax liability is less than the total amount of taxes paid during the tax year.

A tax refund also results from a refundable tax credit that reduces a taxpayer's bill below zero.

Tax refund: when you paid more in taxes than you owed, so the government refunds some of your payments.

TAX RETURN is a statement of your earnings, tax liability, details of tax paid and any refunds that has to be given to the government. TAX REFUND is the difference between tax paid and tax owed.

This means that you will probably receive your federal refund within 3 weeks of filing your tax return.

The IRS states that “most refunds will be issued in less than 21 days.”

Income Tax Refund Information. You can check the status of your current year refund online, or by calling the automated line at (410) 260-7701 or 1-800-218-8160.

If you choose direct deposit, we will transfer your refund to your bank account within a few days from the date your return is accepted and processed.

The IRS will begin processing tax returns on January 29, 2018, for income earned in 2017. In general, the IRS says that returns with refunds are processed and payments issued within 21 days.

Your refund is determined by comparing your total income tax to the amount that was withheld for federal income tax.

Assuming that the amount withheld for federal income tax was greater than your income tax for the year, you will receive a refund for the difference.

Taxpayers without internet access can check the status of their refunds by calling the IRS TeleTax System at 800-829-4477 or the IRS Refund Hotline at 800-829-1954.

The TeleTax refund information is updated each weekend. If you do not get a date for your refund, please wait until the next week before calling back.

Your refund is determined by comparing your total income tax to the amount that was withheld for federal income tax.

Assuming that the amount withheld for federal income tax was greater than your income tax for the year, you will receive a refund for the difference.

Generally, it takes 20-45 days from the date of e-verification of your Income Tax Return to get your refund credited.

However, for the returns, verified through sending of ITR-V to CPC Bengaluru, it may take some more time.

Visit the Income-tax department's official site and submit your Income tax refund re-issue request and update your new or correct bank account number.

Once you log into the site, Go to My Account, then click on Service Request tab and select New Request. Click on Refund Reissue option. Now select the year of assessment.

Don't take the standard deduction if you can itemize.

A taxpayer gets a tax refund when he or she has overpaid taxes to the government.

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