https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=819 The NSDL/Income Tax portal currently displays "Tax Refund Status: pan not found" for assessment years where the Assessing Officer has not transmitted a refund to the Refund Banker, creating a misleading impression of an invalid PAN. Under the Refund Banker Scheme refunds routed through designated banking channels show detailed payment status; years with no transmission should instead display "refund not sent" or "refund details not found," while invalid or cancelled PANs should be explicitly indicated. The author requests NSDL revise the portal wording to distinguish these situations. en-us Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:38:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=819 The NSDL/Income Tax portal currently displays "Tax Refund Status: pan not found" for assessment years where the Assessing Officer has not transmitted a refund to the Refund Banker, creating a misleading impression of an invalid PAN. Under the Refund Banker Scheme refunds routed through designated banking channels show detailed payment status; years with no transmission should instead display "refund not sent" or "refund details not found," while invalid or cancelled PANs should be explicitly indicated. The author requests NSDL revise the portal wording to distinguish these situations. Articles Income Tax Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=819