Income Tax News: It is crucial that taxpayers are aware of this information. due to a two-day outage of the e-filing website. The Income Tax Department would like to notify all taxpayers that services on the e-filing portal will be temporarily unavailable from 2 pm on Saturday, February 3, 2024 until 6 am on Monday, February 5, 2024, due to routine maintenance activity. won’t hang around.
Action Plan Advisory
Make your action plan with the date and time in mind, the department advised. The goal of this maintenance is to enhance the user experience and make the website better for anyone utilising the income tax e-filing services.
Please take note that taxpayer services on the e-filing site will continue to be restricted as a result of maintenance associated with technical system upgrades, according to a statement released by the Income Tax Department on social media platform (X). Please keep this in mind when creating your action plan.
Temporary Portal Restriction
Taxpayers should refrain from using the portal or completing any tax-related tasks during this time. During the presentation of the interim budget on Thursday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised the government’s efforts to enhance taxpayer services. He emphasised the modifications being made to the previous system in order to increase accountability and transparency.
Form 26AS Adoption
According to the Finance Minister, steps including the adoption of Form 26AS, updated income tax returns, and early tax return filing have greatly streamlined the tax return filing process, with an average processing time of 93 days in 2013–14. This year, it has been cut down to just ten days. The Finance Minister promised that these changes speed up the return processing process, which is good for taxpayers.
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