ITR Filing- Due to the difficulties being faced in filing ITR, CBDT has once again extended the last date for filing ITR. This will surely give relief to the people.
New Delhi: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the last date for filing Income Tax Return (ITR) till December 31. This is the third time that the date for filing ITR has been extended due to the problems being faced in the ITR portal. Earlier, the last date for filing returns for the current financial year was July 31, which was extended to September 30. Now the government has increased it again.
Submit January Tax Audit
Apart from this, the deadline for submitting tax audit reports and reports regarding international/domestic transactions has also been extended till January 15, 2022. This has also been extended for the third time. Earlier the deadline for submitting the report was 30 September, which was extended to 31 October. But now now the Center has again increased it to 15 January. Not only this, the deadline for submitting reports regarding international/domestic transactions has also been extended from 30 November 2021 to 31 January 2022.
Infosys has prepared a new portal
Actually, technology company Infosys has prepared a new portal for filing ITR, which was launched on 7 June. Earlier the website address was incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in, which has now changed to incometax.gov.in. But this portal, designed to ease the process of filing returns, is constantly facing problems. Taxpayers are constantly complaining about this. This is the reason why more than 8 million ITRs have been filed so far for FY 2021 (FY21).
Many facilities have been 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 payment on this 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.
These problems are coming to the taxpayers
– The reason is facing many customers experiencing problems logging in to the portal.
– Many times the message of ‘start soon’ keeps happening on the portal.
– is facing many customers experiencing problems to get the refund.
– is facing many customers experiencing problems uploading form 15CA and form 15CB.
– Many new companies are unable to register on the new portal.
