The ITR On Hold Because of The IT Department Or The Mistakes of Citizens ?

24 Dec 2025 18:44 IST

It is being claimed that many taxpayers are receiving emails, texts and messages regarding putting their returns on hold and delaying it for certain reasons. Some people assume it to be the issue of the IT department while some other people assume it to be the mistake of taxpayer individuals themselves but whose mistake is it actually? Read ahead to know more in-depth.

What is ITR ?

The ITR on hold

ITR is Income Tax Return which is a legal form filled by individuals to pay the accurate amount of tax to the government and expect the rest amount to be returned. ITR is filed by those individuals or companies who undergo conditions such as exceeding the limit of income above the basic exemption limits, if there is a bank account in foreign, that is out of India, who does high value transactions estimating to Rs.2 Crores, who pays electricity bills more than Rs.1 lakh in one year, who wants financial credibility for the approval of loan applications and who want the return for the excess amount of tax being paid. Therefore filing ITR is mandatory for every individual and companies who are taxpayers. There are seven different types of ITR, from ITR-1 to ITR-7, which includes:

ITR-1, also known as Sahaj, this income tax return is for the individuals who have a total annual income of up to Rs.50 lakhs through the income of salary or pensions or any properties.
ITR-2, this income tax return is for individuals who have their income from capital gains or their foreign assets.
ITR-3, this income tax return is for individuals who have their income from any profession or doing some businesses, that is lesser than Rs.50 lakhs.
ITR-4, also known as Sugam, this income tax return is for individuals who have their income from any profession or doing some businesses, that is up to or more than Rs.50 lakhs.
ITR-5, this income tax return is for individuals who have their income from firms or LLPs, that is Limited Liability Partnerships or AOPs, that is Associations of Persons or BOIs, that is Bodies of Individuals.
ITR-6, this income tax return is for individuals who have their income from several companies.
ITR-7, this income tax return is for individuals who have their income from some of the charitable trusts.

Reason of ITR’s hold elaborated

ITR Filing

Since the recent times, there are so many taxpayers throughout India who have reported that the individuals who are paying taxes have received the official emails, SMS and messages from the IT, that is income tax department in order to inform them that their ITR has been kept on hold and their refunds of income tax return has been delayed for certain duration of time. This chaos has created a lot of confusion about whose mistake it is actually and from whose end this issue is arriving. So here are the reasons due to which income tax return have kept the refunds on hold, which includes:

There are mismatches found amidst the income displayed in the Form 16, filled by the individual and the amount of income defined by the income tax return which is leading to error and issues in verification.
There are mismatches also found amidst the AIS, that is Annual Income Statement and the TIS, that is Taxpayer Information Summary. They are said to be not accurately reported and it is necessary to be accurate because it includes the information about interests, dividends, mutual funds, shares and the other transactions done.
One such reason could also be from the end of the individual that if he or she is filling the incorrect bank details while filing the income tax return.
ITR for large transactions requires extra effort and creates an issue in refunding the income tax return because it needs to be checked in detail.
Another reason from the end of the individual could be that if a taxpayer has not given any response to the previously sent official emails of notices then their income tax return would be kept on hold.

Now it's your call to take action, if your refund has also been kept on hold and you think the mistake has happened from your end then immediately file a revised ITR to prevent further delay. Additionally the last day of taxpayers for the correction and revising process is 31st December 2025.

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