Who will be eligible to receive the 3rd batch of Income Tax refunds?

The Federal Revenue Service has released the payment schedule for the next batches of the 2024 Personal Income Tax refund. This Wednesday (31), the 6,091,572 taxpayers who benefit will be able to receive the stipulated amount. The third batch of 2024 will have a credit of R$8.5 billion.

Who can receive

The following taxpayers will have access to the third batch:

• 14,756 elderly taxpayers over 80 years old;
• 95,040 taxpayers between 60 and 79 years old;
• 9,672 taxpayers with some physical or mental disability, or serious illness;
• 34,014 taxpayers whose main source of income is teaching;
• 5,711,130 taxpayers who do not have legal priority, but who received priority for having used the Pre-filled Declaration or opted to receive the refund via Pix;
• 54,241 taxpayers, prioritized due to the state of calamity declared in Rio Grande do Sul (RS);
• 172,719 refunds for non-priority taxpayers.

The amount paid will be corrected to taxpayers (1.00% based on the Selic rate).

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How to check and receive payment

Payment will be made to the bank account or pix key registered in the declaration.

You can check your payment or verify whether you will benefit from it on the Federal Revenue website: https://www.gov.br/receitafederal/pt-br. The same services are also available through the Receita Federal app.

During the consultation the message “in refund queue” may appear. This message means that your statement is queued for payment.

If the message is “mesh pending”, means that there are pending issues to be corrected in your income tax. If it says “available at“your statement will receive the next payment.

If there is an error in the process, the amount will still be available for one year. It is possible to reschedule the payment through Banco do Brasil's call centers. Queries, changes and alterations to the schedule can be made online or by phone:

• 4004-0001 – For those residing in capital cities;
• 0800-729-0001 – For those residing in other cities;
• 0800-729-0088 – Specific telephone number for the hearing impaired.

The fourth installment will be paid on August 30, 2024, while the fifth installment will be paid on September 30, 2024.

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