New e-filing website www.incometax.gov.in Live News: Free ITR software for Forms ITR-1, 2, 4 | new efiling website 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. In a statement, the Ministry of Finance 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.”

The Income Tax Department will launch its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in tomorrow (7th June, 2021). It will provide convenience and a “modern, seamless experience” to taxpayers.

New Tax Payment System Launch Date

The Ministry of Finance said that the new tax payment system will be launched on June 18, 2021 after the advance tax instalment date to avoid any taxpayer inconvenience. A mobile app will also be released after the initial launch of the w-filing portal. The app will enable taxpayers to get familiar with various features.

“Familiarization with the new system may take some time, so, the Department requests the patience of all taxpayers/stakeholders for the initial period after the launch of the new portal and while other functionalities get released since this is a major transition. This is another initiative by CBDT towards providing ease of compliance to its taxpayers and other stakeholders,” the Ministry said.

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New e-filing portal highlights

• 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.