New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- The income tax (I-T) return filing season got over more than two months ago, and most taxpayers have received their income tax refunds where they were due. Typically, the Income Tax (I-T) Department takes anywhere between four and five weeks to issue the refund, which means most taxpayers, if not all, have already received their refunds.

Notably, CBDT Chairman Ravi Agrawal said on Monday that the I-T Department is conducting an analysis of wrongful deductions claimed in certain cases. And this is why income tax returns are getting delayed this time around. He also said that the department is in the process of analysing some refund claims that were identified as high-value or were red-flagged by the system due to cer...