The Finance Minister demanded that the issues faced by taxpayers on current functionalities of the portal should be resolved by the team by 15th September, 2021 so that taxpayers and professionals can work seamlessly on the portal.
In a tweet, at around 9 pm on 22nd August 2021, the Infosys team revealed that the maintenance activity has now been completed and the portal is up and running again.
Ministry of Finance has summoned Sh Salil Parekh, MD &CEO, Infosys on 23/08/2021 to explain to hon'ble FM as to why even after 2.5 months since launch of new e-filing portal, glitches in the portal have not been resolved.
CBDT has released the Income-tax (24th Amendment) Rules, 2021 in order to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962. Under the amended rules, a new Rule 12AA has been inserted after Rule 12A and a new Rule 51B has also been inserted after Rule 51A.
ANI, on 16th August 2021 tweeted from their official Twitter handle that FM Nirmala Sitharaman has committed to fixing all technical glitches on the New Income tax Portal in the next 2-3 weeks.
Income tax refunds of Rs. 14,241 crore have been issued in 21,38,375 cases & corporate tax refunds of Rs. 33,078 crore have been issued in 1,22,511 cases.
The scheme 'Vivad Se Vishwas' is a voluntary scheme for resolving pending direct tax disputes amicably with the taxpayers and no targets were fixed by the Government under the Scheme.
In a move aimed to further improve taxpayer services in alignment with the Taxpayers’ Charter, the Income Tax Department creates dedicated e-mail ids for registering grievances in respect of pending cases under the Faceless Scheme.
Income tax refunds of Rs. 13,694 crore have been issued in 20,12,802 cases & corporate tax refunds of Rs. 32,203 crore have been issued in 1,19,173 cases.
This bill is likely to settle disputes with Cairn Energy Plc, Vodafone Group Plc, and 15 other companies over retrospective tax demands raised by the Union Government.
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