The Income Tax Department will launch its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in on Monday, June 7, 2021. The new e-filing portal is aimed at providing taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience to taxpayers, said the Ministry of Finance in a statement.
The new customer-friendly portal integrated with immediate processing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) will facilitate faster refunds for taxpayers, it added.
All interactions and uploads or pending actions will be displayed on a single dashboard for follow-up action by the taxpayer on the new portal.
The I-T department said, free of cost ITR preparation software will be available with interactive questions on the new system to help taxpayers for ITRs 1, 4 (online and offline) and ITR 2 (offline) to begin with; Facility for preparation of ITRs 3, 5, 6, 7 will be made available shortly.
Taxpayers will be able to proactively update their profile to provide certain details of income including salary, house property, business, profession which will be used in pre-filling their ITR.
Detailed enablement of pre-filling with salary income, interest, dividend and capital gains will be available after TDS and SFT statements are uploaded (due date is June 30, 2021). The new system will also include a new call center for taxpayer assistance for prompt response to taxpayer queries. Detailed FAQs, User Manuals, Videos and chatbot/live agent also provided.
Functionalities for filing Income Tax Forms, Add tax professionals, submit responses to notices in faceless scrutiny or Appeals would be made available.
The I-T department clarified that the new tax payment system will be launched on June 18, 2021 after the advance tax instalment date to avoid any taxpayer inconvenience. The mobile app will also be released subsequent to the initial launch of the portal, to enable taxpayers to get familiar with the various features.
“Familiarization with the new system may take some time, so, the department requests the patience of all taxpayers/stakeholders for the initial period after the launch of the new portal and while other functionalities get released since this is a major transition. This is another initiative by CBDT towards providing ease of compliance to its taxpayers and other stakeholders,” the official statement added.
