What is the requirement to claim for refund?

Here are the requirements to claim for refund:

• It is mandatory to register digital signature on TRACES to submit the refund request.

• Request for refund can be submitted only if there is no outstanding demand against the TAN and PAN of the deductor.

• Request for refund can be submitted only if there is no outstanding demand against the TAN (i.e., outstanding demand amount is zero) and no PAN mismatch as per TAN Master and TRACES Profile.

• Refund request can be submitted after total outstanding demand is closed.

• PAN of Deductor should be same as per TAN Master and TRACES profile and should be non blank.

• A refund request can contain maximum of five challans. For claiming more challans, submit new request.

• Maximum refund amount will be the minimum challan balance amount in the challan history.

• Available amount per challan must be greater than Rs.100/-

• Ensure that all statement in which the challan has been claimed have been processed before claiming refund for the challan.

• Refund cheque will be issued in the Name and Address of the Deductor as per TRACES profile.