Benefits and Features of new ITR efiling portal www.incometax.gov.in

Benefits and Features of new ITR efiling portal www.incometax.gov.in

The Income Tax (IT) Department is launching a new e-filing portal to provide better services to taxpayers. The new portal www.incometax.gov.in will be available from 7th June, 2021. 

The IT department is confident that with the help of the new e-portal, taxpayers will be able to complete their returns process more easily and conveniently. 

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has said that it is phasing out the currently available e-filing portal from the beginning of next month, from 1st June 2021 to 6th June 2021, for six days.

There will be a six-day back-out period in order to change the old e-portal from www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in to the new e-portal www.incometaxgov.in. 

Therefore, the Central Board of Direct Taxes has directed the taxpayers to complete the required tasks (if any, submit, upload, download) by 1st June 2021.

Benefits with the new income tax portal www.incometax.gov.in

1) There will be a new e-portal to process income tax returns as soon as the taxpayers submit their returns.

2) The taxpayers' actions so far, uploads, pending actions, and subsequent tasks are all arranged in a single dashboard

3) ITR Preparation Software will be made available to facilitate the filing of returns even to those who are largely unfamiliar with tax-related matters. It provides services completely free of charge. It assists in pre-filing by providing minimal information

4) A call center set up to assist taxpayers .. Provides instant answers to frequently asked questions in the form of videos and tutorials. You can also find answers to questions through a chatbot / live agent.

5) All the major functions available in the e-portal through the desktop are also available in the mobile app. Can be accessed at any time with the mobile network

6) In the new portal of the new online tax payment system .. Multiple payment options are also available. Payments can be made conveniently from any bank account of the taxpayer through UPI, Net Banking, RTGS / NEFT, credit cards.

Important note:

During the blackout period from 1st June 2021 to 6th June 2021, the Revenue Department did not announce any significant date for tax payments. The new e-filing portal will be available from 7th June 2021. For taxpayers, there is a possibility of postponing already scheduled tasks between the Department and the Assessing Officer. Taxpayers are postponing the hearing of cases/complaints till 10th June 2021 as it will take some time to get used to the new portal.