Income Tax: Over 6.2 cr ITRs, 21 lakh audit reports filed on new e-filing portal
Premium- Out of 6.2 crore ITRs filed, 48% of these are ITR-1, 9% is ITR-2, 13% is ITR-3, 27% are ITR-4, ITR-5, ITR-6 and ITR-7
More than 6.2 crore Income Tax Returns(ITRs) and about 21 lakh major Tax Audit Reports (TARs) have been filed on the new e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department till Thursday (10th February), the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.
Out of 6.2 crore ITRs filed, 48% of these are ITR-1 (2.97 crore), 9% is ITR-2 (56 lakh), 13% is ITR-3 (83 lakh), 27% are ITR-4 (1.66 crore), ITR-5 (11.3 lakh), ITR-6 (5.2 lakh) and ITR-7 (1.41 lakh).
Over 1.91 lakh Form 3CA-3CD and 17.26 lakh Form 3CB-3CD have been filed in FY 21-22. More than 1.84 lakh other Tax Audit Reports (Form 10B, 29B, 29C, 3CEB, 10CCB, 10 BB) have been filed till Thursday.
The ministry said that the tax department has been issuing reminders to taxpayers through emails, SMS and Twitter encouraging taxpayers and Chartered Accountants not to wait till the last minute and file their TARs/ITRs without further delay.
Further, to assist the filers for resolution of any grievance related to e-filing, two new email ids- TAR.helpdesk@incometax.gov.in and ITR.helpdesk@incometax.gov.in have been provided.
All taxpayers, tax professionals who are yet to file their tax audit reports or income tax returns for AY 2021-22 are requested to file their reports and returns immediately to avoid last minute rush, the ministry said.
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