Income Tax Department to launch new e-filing portal today
The Income Tax Department will on Monday launch a new e-filing portal to further ease the filing of income tax returns (ITRs). The e-portal, which, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in a press release said, will provide a “modern, seamless” experience to taxpayers, will be available at www.incometax.gov.in.
Benfits of E-filling portal
(1.) Integrated with immediate processing of ITRs to issue quick refunds of taxpayers.
(2.) To facilitate follow-up action by the taxpayer, all interactions and uploads, as well as pending actions will be displayed on a single dashboard.
(3.) For ITR preparation, free-of-cost software will be available. Facility for ITRs 1, 4 (online and offline) and ITR 2 (offline) available initially, while that for preparations of ITRs 3, 5, 6 and 7 to be made available shortly.
(4.) Taxpayers will be able to proactively update their details to provide details like salary, house property, business/profession which will be used in pre-filing of their ITRs.
(5.) For prompt assistance to taxpayers, a new call centre will be set up. Additionally, detailed frequently asked questions (FAQs), user manuals, videos, chatbots/live agents will be provided.
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