What various status of tax returns mean | Easy Guide

The taxpayer has received the return, but it has not been turned in, so the return is considered to be outstanding.

Return has been successfully entered into the system, but it has not yet been evaluated by the system.

An official from the IRD has made changes to the return, and the corrected value is currently awaiting approval from an IRD supervisor before being posted to the taxpayer’s account.

The system has completed processing the return, and the relevant information has been uploaded to the taxpayer’s account.

The return had previously been filed by the taxpayer, but it was sent back to the taxpayer so that corrections could be made.

The revised return cancellation has been recorded by the IRD officer, and its clearance by the IRD supervisor is currently pending.(Process occurring within)

Return has been submitted by taxpayer and System automatically detects missing required information.

IRD Supervisor will checks and confirm the return missing information and reject or send it back to taxpayer for correction.

When taxpayer submits a revised return in a short term and the revised return was captured earlier than the original return, system holds the assessment of revised return and waits for original return to be captured.

Return is selected for audit and IRD officer is busy auditing/verifying the return information.

Estimated assessment by IRD

Return has been sent back by IRD Supervisor to IRD officer for correction. (Internal process)

Return is selected for audit/verification

Return revised internally and submitted for approval but supervisor sent it back to the IRD officer (capturer) for correction.

Return has been captured by one officer and requires a second capture by another officer for data accuracy. (Internal process)

Return received in the old system (Taxlive) but not assessed. Taxpayer can resubmit this return on portal or wait for internal process to finish.

Return was manually entered into the system, however the actual return that was supposed to be scanned into the system by an IRD official could not be located.

The examination of the return is halted because the tax return for the prior year has not been assessed.

Returns Return assessment is put on hold because provisional return(s) for that particular tax year is not assessed.

The value or information included in the return submission needs to be reviewed and verified before it can be accepted.