The below press release was issued by ICAI after Ministry of Finance had a meeting with the Infosys team regarding various glitches in the new e-filing portal.
In the press release it has been mentioned that Ministry of finance has asked ICAI to form a task force of 7 representative to look into technical glitches and issues on the new Income tax portal.
It has been told in the press release that all this exercise and glitches in the new portal shall be resolved by 1st week of July.
“The Ministry of Finance, Government of India today organised a meeting to review the glitches and issues related to the New Income Tax e-filing portal. The new IT portal has been facing issues ever since its launch on June 7, 2021. The meeting arranged today was chaired by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs and graced by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Hon’ble Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs. Also, present were Shri Tarun Bajaj, Revenue Secretary, Shri Jagannath Mohapatra, CBDT Chairman and top Finance Ministry officials.
The Ministry of Finance had asked ICAI to constitute a task force of 7 representatives to look into the technical glitches / issues being faced on the new Income Tax portal. Accordingly, taking cognizance of the matter, a team of 7 members was constituted by CA. Nihar N Jambusaria, President, ICAI to analyse the issues being faced reg. new portal.
Today, the team of ICAI in the presence of CA. Nihar N Jambusaria, President, ICAI made presentations on different issues being faced on New Income Tax e-filing portal. The officials from CBDT and Infosys were very receptive about the issues being conveyed by ICAI. They assured that the issues will be taken care of and shall be resolved at the earliest.
We believe this process will be almost complete in a phased manner and problems will be resolved on daily basis. For Tax Audit Report, which is awaited by CAs, utility shall be available by 1st week of July, 2021.
During the meeting, ICAI has been asked to provide its continuous support & inputs to CBDT and Infosys, in resolving the issues, as early as possible. The Income Tax Department said that the new portal was aimed at making compliance more taxpayer-friendly, however the technical glitches shall be addressed fast, for convenience of all.”
We would again humbly request to either extend various due dates which are expiring on 30.06.2021 or restore the old website for the time being.
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