The income tax department will launch a new taxpayer-friendly new e-filing portal today (Monday, June 7).
The new portal www.incometax.gov.in has released several new features which would be integrated with immediate processing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for quick refund issuance.
The new e-filing portal is aimed at providing taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience to taxpayers, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a statement.
In its tweet, the official account of Income Tax Departmet has been revealed the news.
✅New, taxpayer friendly e-filing portal of IT Department to be launched on 7th June, 2021
✅Several new features introduced
✅Free of cost ITR preparation interactive software available
✅New call centre for taxpayer assistance
✅Press release issued :https://t.co/T7gcDeDgEK pic.twitter.com/4O6MckYWjx— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) June 5, 2021
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) official spokesperson Surabhi Ahluwalia issued a press release informing about the highlighted six features of the new portal.
Here’s a look at some key features of the upcoming portal:
- User-friendly technology with immediate procedure of income Tax Returns(ITRs) and quick refunds to taxpayers.
- A single dashboard added for all interactions, uploads, and pending actions so that taxpayers don’t have to travel through multiple pages.
- Taxpayers can now update their profile information with certain details of income including salary, house property, business/profession which will be used in pre-filling their ITR.
- Taxpayers will be provided with free-of-cost offline and online ITR preparation software with software that will help users to ask questions that can help them in the process.
- Taxpayers can now have the assistance of tutorials, videos, call centre and chatbot or live agents.
- Multiple payment options including net banking, UPI, credit card and RTGS or NEFT from any account of the taxpayer in any bank.
