ITR Update: Income Tax portal seeing steady progress, says Infosys CEO
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Under fire for technical glitches plaguing the new income tax return filing portal, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh on Wednesday said the new portal developed by his company is seeing "steady progress" and already 1.9 crore returns have been filed.
New Delhi: Under fire for technical glitches plaguing the new income tax return filing portal, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh on Wednesday said the new portal developed by his company is seeing "steady progress" and already 1.9 crore returns have been filed.
He further said that taxpayers' concerns are being "progressively addressed". "We are seeing a steady progress on the income tax system. As of yesterday we had over 1.9 crore returns that have been filed using the new system. Today the income tax return Forms 1 to 7 are all functional. Most of the statutory forms are available on the system," Parekh told reporters after the company's results for the second quarter were announced.
He, however, did not say by when will technical glitches be fully resolved and all functions on the portal will be available to tax filers.