Income
Tax Department has launched the 'Lite' e-filing website to to help taxpayers
file returns quickly. And more efficiently. The facility was operationalised on
the official portal of the department income tax India efiling login www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.The
home page has a new 'Quick ITR Filing' link that users can click on to continue
to 'e-Filing Lite', which offers services only for registered
e-Filing PAN users
"The
Income Tax department is launching 'e-Filing Lite', a lighter version of
e-Filing portal with a focus on filing of Income Tax Return (ITR) by the
taxpayers," the department said in a public advisory.
Meanwhile,
the income tax officials said that a new tab for lite will be provided on the web
portal and once the registered taxpayers login efiling website, they will only
be provided essential links that enable e-filing of ITRs and Form 26AS.
Although, the tax assesse can download pre-filled or XML forms and view their
past filed returns. Other regular tabs like e-proceeding, e-nivaran,
compliance, work list and profile setting were taken off from the 'lite
version' but retained in the standard version of e-filing facility, he said.
As per
the tax authority reports, the 'lite' version is aimed to enable easy and quick
ITR
filing by all categories of taxpayers, the official said. The tax the
government extended the due date for filing income tax returns by individuals
for the financial year 2018-19 by a month till August 31. Initially, the last date
was July 31. The July 31 deadline was set for most individuals and HUFs.
"The
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extends the 'due date' for filing of
Income Tax Returns from July 31, 2019 to August 31, 2019 in respect of the said
categories of taxpayers," the finance ministry said in a statement.This
extension comes after the government was appealed by many entities to extend
the efiling of income tax return date
so as to allow sufficient time to tax payers to file their returns.
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