Income Tax Return Deadline: Due to the glitches in the e-filing portal, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) may extend the deadline for filing Income Tax Return (ITR Filing) for the financial year 2020-21 (Assessment Year 2021-22). Is.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) may extend the deadline for filing Income Tax Return (ITR) for the financial year 2020-21 (Assessment Year 2021-22). The last date for filing ITR for FY 2021 is 30 September. Earlier it was to be filed by 31 July 2021 but recently the deadline was extended to 30 September 2021. In fact, the new portal of the Income Tax Department is facing problems from the very beginning.
Infosys prepared a new portal
Technology company Infosys prepared a new portal. The new ITR website was launched on 7 June. Earlier the website address was incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in, which has now changed to incometax.gov.in. But from the very beginning, taxpayers were facing many difficulties on the new portal.
Many facilities are given on the new portal
Many new payment methods have been added to the Income Tax 2.0 portal. Taxpayers will be able to make payments on the website through Net Banking, UPEI, Credit Card, RTGS and NEFT, the money will be deducted directly from their account. Apart from this, the processing of income tax returns will be faster on the new site, so that taxpayers can get quick refund. However, it has had several technical issues since its launch.
The Union Finance Ministry on Monday took a big decision regarding the irregularities in the Income Tax e-filing portal. The Finance Ministry has fixed September 15 as the deadline to fix all the glitches coming in the portal. By this date, Infosys will have to fix all technical glitches in the e-filing portal.
He has directed the officials of Infosys to rectify the technical glitches coming on the e-portal by September 15. In his meeting with the FM, the Infosys CEO told the finance minister that he and his team are doing their best to fix the glitches in the e-portal. A team of about 750 people is working on this. The company’s COO Praveen Rao is personally monitoring the project.
