The deadline for filing the income tax return (ITR) by taxpayers under the no-audit category for AY 2025-26 ended on September 16, 2025. According to the latest data updated as of 22 September, around 7.58 crore returns have been filed, and 6.86 crore have been verified. However, only 5.01 crore ITRs have been processed so far, which means around 1.86 crore returns are still pending for refund processing .

Meanwhile, taxpayers awaiting their refunds are taking to social media to complain about long delays in refunds. There are frequent complaints from netizens who have not received their refunds even after more than 3 months.

One user wrote on social media platform ‘X’, stating that he filed his ITR on 20th June and still awaiting his refunds.

Another user says he filed return for

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