Income Tax department to launch new user-friendly e-filing portal for taxpayers on June 7

The Income Tax Department will soon launch a new web e-filing portal that will make the Income Tax Returns (ITRs) filing process easier and hassle-free for taxpayers across the country. Officials said the new portal will be made more user-friendly.

The Income Tax Department officials on Thursday added that the existing web portals will be shut for six days between June 1 and June 6, this year. By June 7, the new e-filing web portal would be made operational for taxpayers.

The order explained that any work scheduled between the taxpayer and the assessing officer of the I-T department may be preponed or adjourned.

The exiting portal will not be available to both the taxpayers as well as Income Tax Department officers during this period, the order said.

"All officers may be directed to fix any hearing or compliances only from June 10 onwards to give taxpayers time to respond to the new system," it said.

Taxpayers utilise the e-filing portal to file their individual or business category income tax returns (ITRs). They also use it to raise complaints seeking refunds and other works with the tax department.

Meanwhile, the I-T department has issued over Rs 24,792 crore refunds to more than 15 lakh taxpayers so far this fiscal.