Income Tax Return: The deadline for filing income tax returns for the financial year 2023-24 and assessment year 2024-25 is near. It is necessary to file income tax returns by July 31, 2024. Otherwise you will have to pay a penalty later. As the deadline for filing income tax returns is approaching, the number of people filing returns is also increasing. According to the information given by the Income Tax Department on X, more than 5 crore IT returns have been filed on the e-filing portal for assessment year 2024-25 till July 26, 2024.
5 crore returns were filed till July 26
More than 28 lakh IT returns have been filed on 26th July alone. The Income Tax Department has informed the taxpayers that it has partnered with the leading IT company Infosys to ensure that there is no problem in filing IT returns this year. Along with this, the Income Tax Department has claimed that taxpayers will not face any problem even in the last week of filing IT returns.
More than 5 crore ITRs for AY 2024-25 have already been received on the e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department till 26th of July 2024. This is 8% more than the ITRs filed in the preceding year. Over 28 lakh ITRs were received on 26th July itself.@Infosys is the…
— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) July 27, 2024
Income Tax Portal is Down! @IncomeTaxIndia works very, very slow
RT if you are facing similar issues@nsitharaman
— CA Chirag Chauhan (@CAChirag) July 27, 2024
Income tax portal is down
Even though the Income Tax Department has claimed that taxpayers will not face any problem in filing IT returns, many taxpayers are complaining about the e-filing portal being down. CA Chirag Chauhan complained about this on the social media platform X and wrote that the income tax portal is down! @IncomeTaxIndia portal is working very slowly.
People expressed their anger!
Taxpayers: If delayed, Pay Penalty says Income Tax Dept.
Income Tax Dep: If the portal is not working, then say @Infosys is the technology partner of ITD for operating the e-filing portal. They have been instructed to ensure uninterrupted services. @Infosys has assured…
— CA Chirag Chauhan (@CAChirag) July 27, 2024
CA Chirag Chauhan expressed his anger and wrote that if taxpayers do not file IT returns on time, then income tax imposes penalty. However, if IT returns are not filed then who is responsible for it. The Income Tax Department has hired Infosys to file IT without any interruption. If the deadline for IT returns is missed, will Infosys pay the penalty?
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