KEY FEATURES OF NEW INCOME TAX PORTAL
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KEY FEATURES OF NEW INCOME TAX PORTAL
NEW INCOME TAX PORTAL
Th IT department is in communication with the Government, to launch their new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in, and the same be operational from 7th June 2021. The existing portal will be non-operational or Taxpayers and government between June 1-6. The aim of the new portal is at providing taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience for ITR filing. It is integrated prefiling ITR software and fast and easier refund systems.
All interactions, documents uploaded or pending actions will be displayed on a single dashboard for follow-up action by the taxpayer. Apart from this, a new call centre be instituted, for taxpayer, assisting them with immediate answers to their queries. Also, a mobile app be provided for access to Tutorials, Videos and chatbot or live agent, for all key functions and working of the new portal.
KEY POINTS OF NEW PORTAL
- Launching of new portal would lead to non-availability of e-filing services from 01.06.2021 to 06.06.2021 on the Income Tax portal.
- The new portal be operational from 7th June, 2021.
- The aim of the new portal is at providing taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience for ITR filing.
- It is a taxpayer friendly portal equipped with immediate processing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) and issuance of quick refunds to taxpayers.
- All interactions and uploaded documents along with any pending actions will be displayed on a single dashboard for follow-up action by taxpayer
- The department provides free of cost ITR preparation software for use either online and offline. Included in this, are interactive questions to help taxpayers fill ITR even without any tax knowledge, with pre-filling, for minimizing data entry effort.
- Commencing a call centre service for taxpayer, to get assistance for immediate answers to taxpayer queries with FAQs, Tutorials, Videos and chat box/live agent.
- Mobile app be launched, to provide all key portal functions performed on desktop.
- The new portal come with multiple new payment options using net banking, UPI, Credit Card and RTGS/NEFT from any account of taxpayer in any bank, for easy payment of taxes.
- The department has decided not to fix any compliance during the period of blackout.
- It is further proposed that the hearing of cases or compliances by the department shall commence from 10th June 2021 onwards, to provide taxpayers with enough time to accommodate to new portal.
- The Department also comes with external entities including Banks, MCA, GSTN, DPIIT, CBIC, GeM, DGFT and the taxpayers can avail services of PAN verification etc. and request them to make arrangements to ensure that their customers/stakeholders are apprised, so that any relevant activity can be completed prior to or after the blackout period.
- The new portal will provide free of cost ITR preparation software available online and offline with interactive questions to help taxpayers fill ITR even without any tax knowledge, with pre-filling, for minimising data entry effort.
FEATURES OF EXISTING PORTAL
- The income tax portal was created and launched by the Income Tax Department, in order to provide an e-filing platform to their taxpayers. The users, who are the taxpayers, access the portal and file their income tax returns and other related forms. Income tax portal also provides for following activities –
- E-verification of ITR by the assessee.
- Viewing and responding to income tax demand, raised by the department.
- Filing of periodic audit reports and certificates.
- Viewing of tax credit statement in Form 26AS.
- Verification and matching of TDS deducted and claimed.
- Making of request for re-issue of refunds.
- Facility related to intimation regarding notices and circulars from IT department.
- Requesting the department for making changes in the ITR particulars.
- Linking of Aadhaar with PAN.
- Lodging of grievance on customer portal.
- Responding to the e-proceedings.
- The department used the platform to let their users file their ITR online, and thus, the authority can verify the same online. Also, they can upload other forms for further processing, issue notices, receive a response from the taxpayers and communicate the final orders such as assessment, appeals, exemption and penalties.
OBLIGATIONS OF TAXPAYER UNDER NEW PORTAL
- The taxpayer is required to re-register their Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) in the new portal, since the same will not be migrated, due to security reasons.
- Also, the person is required to update their user ID and latest mobile number under primary contacts of their profile.
- Most important is linking their Aadhaar and also pre-validate their bank account, since the same be used for processing of refunds.
- The taxpayer is also required to reset their e-Filing Vault Higher Security Options.
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