So far, around 1.2 crore returns have been filed for the last financial year, out of which 76.2. are more than lakh tax The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said that the payers are using the online utility of the new portal for this purpose.
Calling it an encouraging trend, the CBDT said that around 95 lakh income tax returns have been e-verified and more than seven lakh have been processed. E-verification of returns is a pre-condition for processing of returns.
The statement marks a change in the department’s stance towards Infosys, which had blamed India’s leading IT company for the glitches on the platform. comes days later RSS The mouthpiece Panchjanya attacked Infosys for funding “anti-India forces” and playing with the portal. However, the RSS distanced itself from this report. Amid complaints from vocal tax professionals, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has resorted to “summoning” Infosys CEO Salil Parekh twice and has now set September 15 as the deadline to make the portal mess-free.
Even now, many taxpayers are complaining about their inability to log in or file their returns.
“Ministry of Finance is regularly monitoring the resolution of the issues with Infosys, which is the managed service provider for the project…” the CBDT said.
It added that the daily return filing in September has increased to 3.2 lakh. In addition, taxpayers 8.7. able to see more lakh notices Issued under faceless assessment, appeal or penalty proceedings by the department and more than 2.6 lakh responses have been filed so far.
“On an average 8,285 notices are being issued for e-action and 5,889 responses are being filed on a daily basis in September 2021.” tax department said. These figures are also meant to signal to taxpayers that things are getting better and they should go ahead with filing their returns as the deadline is fast approaching.
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