New Income Tax e-filing website Live: e-filing portal link, features & benefits

New e-filing website (www.incometax.gov.in) launch:  Along with the launch of the new e-filing portal, the Income Tax Department will also provide free of cost ITR preparation software for Forms ITR-1, ITR-2 this month.

Source: Financial Express

Launch of a new e-filing website (www.incometax.gov.in): Today marks the launch of the Income Tax Department’s new e-filing portal, www.incometax.gov.in (7th June, 2021). It will provide taxpayers with convenience and a “modern, seamless experience.” “Dear Taxpayer, The Income Tax Department is pleased to announce the launch of its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in on June 7, 2021,” the department says.

However, the new e-filing website link did not become available until 11.30 a.m. today. “We are just as ecstatic about the new portal as our users are! and we are nearing the end of the rollout of the new portal, which will be available soon. We appreciate your patience as we work to get it operational as soon as possible,” the tax department tweeted at 9 a.m.

Along with the launch of the new e-filing portal, the Income Tax Department will also provide free of cost ITR preparation software for Forms ITR-1, ITR-2 and 4. In a statement earlier, the Ministry of Finance had said, “Free of cost ITR preparation software available with interactive questions to help taxpayers for ITRs 1, 4 (online and offline) and ITR 2 (offline) to begin with; Facility for preparation of ITRs 3, 5, 6, 7 will be made available shortly.”

New ITR e-filing website link

You can access the new e-filing website at www.incometax.gov.in.

New e-filing portal features and benefits

• Immediate processing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) to issue quick refunds to taxpayers
• Single dashboard to display all interactions and uploads or pending actions for follow-up action by taxpayer;
• Taxpayers can proactively update their profile to provide details of income including salary, house property, business/profession which will be used in pre-filling their ITR.
• The detailed enablement of pre-filling with salary income, interest, dividend and capital gains will be available after TDS and SFT statements are uploaded (due date is June 30th, 2021)
• New call center for taxpayer assistance for promt response to taxpayer queries.
• Detailed FAQs, User Manuals, Videos and chatbot/live agent also provided;
• Functionalities for filing Income Tax Forms, Add tax professionals, Submit responses to Notices in Faceless Scrutiny or Appeals would be available.

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