New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- The income tax (I-T) return filing deadline ended long ago on September 16. The tax department has already processed most of the refunds, but some are still pending. If your refund has not been processed yet, there could be multiple reasons for it. But the good news is that the income tax department will also give you interest on refund at 0.5% per month starting 1 April if you filed your return before 16 September.

If you filed the return after the deadline, then the refund period will start from the date of filing of return.

To be able for the income tax department to process the refund, these three conditions need to be satisfied:

1. There should be a valid user ID and password

2. PAN is linked with the Aadhaa...