The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the deadline claiming refunds for returns filed in the past till October end this year. This means that refunds pertaining to returns filed till assessment year 2017-18 can now be claimed. Earlier, the board had extended the validity till December 2019.
Usually, refunds can be claimed within a year from the end of the assessment year for which the returns were filed. But some refunds were not processed due to technical reasons.
Shailesh Kumar,