The Income Tax Department on Wednesday said due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) situation in the country and to grant immediate relief to taxpayers, the government has decided to issue all pending income-tax refunds upto ₹5 lakh and GST/Custom refunds with immediate effect.

The government will also issue pending GST and customs refunds of ₹18,000 crore to provide relief to business entities, the tax department added. "In context of COVID-19 situation & to grant immediate relief to taxpayers, GOI has decided to issue all pending income-tax refunds upto Rs.5 lakh & GST/Custom refunds with immediate effect", said Income Tax Department.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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