ITR Refund Status, Oct. 10 -- The Income Tax Department has started crediting ITR Refunds to bank accounts of eligible taxpayers who filed their ITRs on time. However, many taxpayers have complained that they have still not received their ITR refunds despite it being processed.

After you have verified your ITR filing, the income tax department takes between 7 and 21 working days to start processing the refund, if applicable.

"Usually, it takes 4-5 weeks for the refund to be credited to the account of the taxpayer," according to the income tax department.

If your ITR refund status shows 'processed' but you are not getting it credited to your bank account, there is no reason to panic.

There can be various reason why your income tax refu...