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The term “return” in the context of an income tax<\/a> return refers to the act of reporting information to the government. By filing an income tax return, the taxpayer is “returning” or reporting their taxable income and tax liabilities to the government. The term is used to describe the act of reporting this information, not necessarily the amount of money being returned to the taxpayer in the form of a tax refund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The term “return” in the context of an income tax return refers to the act of reporting information to the government. By filing an income tax return, the taxpayer is “returning” or reporting their taxable income and tax liabilities to the government. The term is used to describe the act of reporting this information, not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-pancard-applying-online"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy is an income tax return called a "return"? - PAN Card Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The term "return" in the context of an income tax return refers to the act of reporting information to the government. 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