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Budget 2025: ITR portal glitches, Income tax notice management; other issues plague e-filing ITR portal; Experts urge FM to look into this

The new Income Tax Return (ITR) filing portal 2.0 which was launched on June 7, 2021, is a simpler and user friendly than ITR portal 1.0 but like any new technology, this 2.0 portal is also experiencing many glitches. Moreover, chartered accountants say that there are certain problems in logical reasoning of the ITR portal. Sometimes a tax notice intimation is sent through email and SMS, but the said notice couldn’t be found on the ITR portal. Multiple such small issues collectively form a bigger grievance against the ITR portal.

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ITR deadline extension: Why taxpayers are asking for more time till August 31

The Income Tax return filing deadline is July 31, 2024. With the deadline just two weeks away, the rush to file ITRs has increased multifold. Many taxpayers have reported constant delays due to snags with the e-filing portal. Due to this, the Income Tax Department has started receiving requests from individual taxpayers and tax professionals for extending the ITR due date for AY 2024-25 beyond July 31.