Income Tax Department to launch new e-filing portal today

The Income Tax Department will launch its new e-filing portal – incometax.gov.in – which users use to file routine ITRs and other tax-related works. The portal will be launched on Monday (June 7), the department had announced last month. 

The existing portal, incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in, wasn’t, however, available for a period of six days, from June 1 to June 6. 

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The new portal “is aimed at providing taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience to taxpayers,” a statement read. 

Some of the features on the new “taxpayer-friendly portal” include immediate processing of Income Tax Retums (ITRs) to issue quick refunds to taxpayers.

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Additionally, all interactions and uploads or pending actions will be displayed on a single dashboard for follow-up action by taxpayer. 

There will also be a new “full-time access” mobile app, which will include all key functions from the desktop version.

The e-filing portal is used by the taxpayers to file their individual or business category income tax returns (ITRs) and also to raise complaints seeking refunds and other works with the tax department.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance also extended the deadline for filing Income Tax Returns for the financial year 2020-21 by two months till September 30, PTI reported.