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New Income Tax e-filing portal to be launched today - Here's how it will benefit taxpayers

A mobile app will also be released subsequent to the initial launch of the portal, to enable taxpayers to get familiar with the various features.

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A new taxpayer-friendly e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department will be launched today, i.e. June 7. The new features in the portal include interactive software that helps in filing Income Tax Returns (ITR) preparation and a call centre for taxpayer assistance, said the Finance Ministry on Saturday.

"The Income Tax Department is launching its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in on June 7 aimed at providing taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience to taxpayers," an official statement said.

The new taxpayer-friendly portal has been integrated with immediate processing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) to issue quick refunds to the taxpayers.

Main features of income tax e-portal

All interactions and uploads or pending actions will be displayed on a single dashboard for follow-up action by taxpayer.

It will also facilitate free-of-cost ITR preparation software available with interactive questions to help taxpayers for ITRs 1, 4 (online and offline) and ITR 2 (offline) to begin with. The facility for preparation of ITRs 3, 5, 6, 7 will be made available shortly.

Taxpayers will be able to proactively update their profile to provide certain details of income including salary, house property, business or profession which will be used in pre-filling their ITR.

Detailed enablement of pre-filling with salary income, interest, dividend and capital gains will be available after TDS and SFT statements are uploaded (due date is June 30th, 2021).

According to the Finance Ministry, the features of the new portal also include a new call center for taxpayer assistance for prompt response to taxpayer queries.

The new tax payment system will be launched on June 18 after the advance tax installment date to avoid any taxpayer inconvenience.

A mobile application will also be released subsequent to the initial launch of the portal, to enable taxpayers to get familiar with the various features, the ministry said.

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