Income Tax Return Last Date: Finance Ministry Gives This Update On ITR Filing New Portal

 As Income Tax Return last date nears, the Union Finance Ministry has stated that the technical issues in ITR e-filing portal are being ‘progressively’ addressed. It has also said that a positive trend has been witnessed in terms of filing income tax return on the newly launched website, as per an  - Income Tax Return New Guidelines: Good News For Senior Citizens Above 75 Years, They Need Not File ITR on THESE ConditionsThe Income Tax Department on Saturday said it will launch on June 7 a new e-filing portal which would be integrated with immediate processing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for quick refund issuance.\The portal, www.incometax.gov.in, to be launched on June 7, is aimed at providing taxpayer convenience and seamless experience to taxpayers, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a statement

Income Tax Return ITR Filing Last Date

On consideration of difficulties reported by the taxpayers and other stakeholders in filing of Income Tax Returns and various reports of audit for the Assessment Year 2021-22 under the Income-tax Act, 1961(the “Act”), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has decided to further extend the due dates for filing of Income Tax Returns and various reports of audit for the Assessment Year 2021-22,” the Finance Ministry said in a statement. 

1. The Finance Ministry came up with the update days before the September 15 deadline it gave to Infosys, the service provider, for resolving the issues faced by taxpayers on www.incometax.gov.in. It said that the department is continuously engaged with Infosys to ensure a smooth filing experience to taxpayers, as per the IANS report.
2. “A number of technical issues are being progressively addressed and there has been a positive trend reflected in the statistics of the various filings on the portal,” a Finance Ministry statement.
3. Over 8.83 crore unique taxpayers have logged in till September 7, with a daily average of over 15.55 lakh in September 2021. The Income Tax Return (ITR) filing has increased to 3.2 lakh daily in September 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 the returns, the Finance Ministry was quoted as saying by IANS.
4. The new ITR e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department was launched on June 7 this year. However, taxpayers and professionals had reported glitches and difficulties in the portal since then. The Ministry had been regularly monitoring the resolution of issues with Infosys Ltd, the developer of the portal, IANS reported.
5. Meanwhile, the Finance Ministry also said that taxpayers have been able to view over 8.74 lakh notices issued by the Department under the faceless assessment, appeal, penalty proceedings, to which over 2.61 lakh responses have been filed, according to the IANS report.
6. An average of 8,285 notices for e-proceedings are being issued and 5,889 responses are being filed in September on a daily basis. Over 10.60 lakh Statutory Forms have been submitted including 7.86 lakh TDS statements, 1.03 lakh Form 10A for registration of trusts/institutions, 0.87 lakh Form 10E for arrears of salary, and 0.10 lakh Form 35 for appeal, according to IANS.
7. Further, Aadhaar-PAN linking has been done by 66.44 lakh taxpayers and over 14.59 lakh e-PAN have been allotted. These two facilities are being availed of by over 0.50 lakh taxpayers on a daily basis in September 2021, IANS reported.