ITR E-filing portal glitches: Will Income Tax return deadline be extended beyond July 31?
Hindustan TimesThe deadline for filing income tax returns in 2024 is set on July 31. The Income Tax Department's website noted, “Over 2.7 crore ITRs have been filed as on 14 July 2024, which is 13% more compared to returns filed during the same period last year. While the milestone of filing of 1 crore of ITRs for AY 2024-25 arrived on 23rd June 2024, the 2 crore milestone arrived on 7th July which is also earlier than last year.” Tax filers have been facing major glitches with the e-filing portal which prompted the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India to write to the Income Tax Department. But tax filers have been facing major glitches with the e-filing portal which prompted the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India to write to the Income Tax Department regarding “Concerns in relation to Form 26AS/TIS/AIS and in e-filing the ITR Forms”. Taxpayers are facing the following problems while filing income tax returns: Difficulty in accessing Form 26AS/AIS/TIS and discrepancy between figures in the statements, limited response options in AIS/TIS, delayed update of responses in TIS, technical flitches on the Income-tax e-filing Portal, mismatch in pre-filled data, error messages during ITR filing, non-receipt of OTPs for authentication and difficulty in downloading filed ITR Receipts, among others.