THE taxpayers are facing seriousproblems infilingtheir Income Tax Returns (ITRs)from the past month due to frequent technical glitches in the e-filing portal. In this regard, CA Ashok Chandak, Chairman, VIA Taxation and Corporate Law Forum has sent a letter to the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamanurginghertointervene and resolve the matter at the earliest in the interest of tax payers. Chandak further said, “TaxpayerscannotfiletheITRs till 1st week of June as TDS Returns, SFT Returns and other compliance’s have the due dateofMay 31.Effectively, taxpayershave only 45days tofile ITRs.” The issue gets further aggravatedbythefactthatthere are often mistakes in Annual Information Statement (AIS)and the reporting entities taketime to rectify the same aftergiving the feedback by the taxpayers. The Income Tax portalneeds to ensure seamless filing of the ITR, he added.

 

“This is not the first year oftroubleattheIncomeTax e-filing portal. In earlier years aswell, similar types of issueswere faced by taxpayers.Central Board of Direct Tax (CBDT) needs to learn fromthepastmistakesandinnovateinitsworkingsoas toavoidthelast-minute troubleattheportal,” mentioned by VishalAgrawal, President of VIA. CA Naresh Jakhotia, VicePresident of VIA said that thefiling the ITR has now becomeall the more time consumingin view of the data from multiple sourceswhichis requiredto be collected and verifiedbefore filing the ITR.