Finance Minister Sitharaman meets Infosys officials, asks them to fix tech glitches on new I-T e-filing portal

Several stakeholders have submitted written inputs highlighting the issues facing the portal as well as areas that need to be fixed. More than 700 emails detailing over 2000 issues including 90 unique issues or problems in the portal were received in response to the same.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met with Infosys officials and reviewed the technical glitches that continue to hamper the new income tax e-filing portal. Sitharaman, along with Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur, Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj, CBDT Chairman Jagannath Mohapatra and other senior ministry officials discussed the issues facing the new portal with officials of Infosys - the vendor which developed the site. The meeting was also attended by 10 tax professionals from across the country, including representatives of ICAI and All India Federation of Tax Practitioners (AIFTP).