Income tax portal: Despite glitches, 1.19 crore ITRs filed up to now for AY 2021-22

Despite the glitches within the revamped e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department, the Income Tax Return (ITR) submitting has elevated to three.2 lakh day by day in September 2021 and 1.19 crore ITRs for AY 2021-22 have been filed up to now, in accordance with an announcement issued by the Finance Ministry.

“The Income Tax Return (ITR) filing has increased to 3.2 lakh daily in September 2021 and 1.19 crore ITRs for AY 2021-22 have been filed. Of these, over 76.2 lakh taxpayers have used the online utility of the portal to file returns,” the assertion learn.

According to an announcement issued by the Ministry, greater than 8.83 crore distinctive taxpayers have logged in until Tuesday with a day by day common of over 15.55 lakh in September.

What is the brand new earnings tax portal?

The Income Tax Department in May introduced the launch of its new e-filing portal http://www.incometax.gov.in on June 7. It mentioned the “new taxpayer-friendly portal” could be built-in with instant processing of Income Tax Returns to difficulty fast refunds to taxpayers, with all interactions and uploads or pending actions to be displayed on a single dashboard. Infosys was in 2019 awarded the contract to develop the brand new system.

What are the technical glitches?

The much-touted new earnings tax portal had a bumpy begin from the day of its launch on June 7 because it continued to face technical glitches similar to the shortcoming to generate an OTP for Aadhaar validation. In many instances, the OTP will not be reaching the taxpayer for the e-verification of ITR. In the e-proceeding tab, replies can’t be filed as OTP will not be reaching the authorised consultant. The taxpayer is unable to obtain most paperwork from the portal like varieties filed in earlier years.

15 September deadline for Infosys to repair tax portal glitches

The Finance Ministry has set 15 September because the deadline for Infosys Ltd to repair glitches which have plagued the earnings tax division’s new e-filing portal.

ITR submitting deadline

The due date for people to file earnings tax returns for the FY22 evaluation 12 months is 30 September.

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