Almost 8.8 million taxpayers will receive R$16 billion in the first batch of 2026 Income Tax refunds
A Federal Revenue releases, this Friday (22), the consultation of the largest batch of Income Tax refund history. A total of 8,749,992 taxpayers will receive R$16 billion. The payment includes the first batch of the 2026 Personal Income Tax Declaration and residual refunds from previous years.
In a note, the Revenue informed that the batch record is due to the agility in processing declarations and the advancement of modernization and automation tools adopted by the agency.
The first batch of 2026, informed the agency, represents 40% of the refunds scheduled to be paid this year, both in values and number of taxpayers.
Of the R$16 billion in this lot, R$8.64 billion will go to taxpayers with legal priority for reimbursement.
Refunds are distributed as follows:
4,959,431 taxpayers who used the pre-filled declaration and/or simultaneously chose to receive the refund via Pix (priority not determined by law);
2,256,975 taxpayers aged 60 to 79 (legal priority);
1,054,789 taxpayers whose largest source of income is teaching (legal priority);
256,697 taxpayers over 80 years of age (legal priority);
222,100 taxpayers with physical or mental disabilities or serious illness (legal priority).
In this batch, there will be no payment to taxpayers without priority.
Inquiries can be made on the Federal Revenue on the internet. The taxpayer simply clicks on “My Income Tax” and then on the “Consult Refund” button. It is also possible to consult the Federal Revenue app for tablets and smartphones.
The previous record had been recorded in the first batch of 2025, which included credits of R$11 billion for 6.2 million taxpayers. This year, the Revenue reduced the number of regular batches of declaration refunds from five to fourwith payments at the end of May, June, July and August.
Payment
O Payment will be made on May 29ththe last day of delivery of this year’s declarations, to the account or Pix key of the CPF type informed in the Income Tax declaration.
If the taxpayer is not on the list, he must enter the Virtual Taxpayer Assistance Center (e-CAC) and obtain the declaration extract. If you check a pending issue, You can send a rectifying declaration and wait for the next batches.
If, for any reason, the refund is not deposited in the account informed in the declaration, as in the case of a deactivated account, the amounts will be available for redemption for up to one year at Banco do Brasil.
In this case, the citizen will be able to schedule credit in any bank account in their name, through the Portal BB or by calling Bank Relationship Centeron telephones 4004-0001 (capitals), 0800-729-0001 (other locations) and 0800-729-0088 (special telephone number exclusively for the hearing impaired).
If the taxpayer does not redeem the amount of their refund after one year, they must request the amount on the e-CAC Portal. When entering the page, the citizen must access the “Declarations and Statements” menu, click on “My Income Tax” and then in the “Request refund not redeemed in the banking network” field.
