Government Says E-Filing Portal Now Stable, 2 Crore Returns Filed

Government has said that more than two crore income tax returns have been filed through e-filing portal and it has "substantially stabilised"

Just a day after Infosys CEO Salil Parekh said that the e-filing portal for income tax returns is making “steady progress” and that taxpayers' concerns are being addressed, the government on Thursday said that more than two crore income tax returns (ITRs) have been filed through it till date and the platform has “substantially stabilised”.

Urging tax payers to file their returns for the fiscal 2020-21 at the earliest, the last date for which is December 31, 2021, the income tax department in a statement said that more than 1.70 crore returns have been e-verified and of these, 1.49 crore were done through Aadhaar based one-time password (OTP) system.

The process of e-verification through Aadhaar OTP and other methods is important for the department to commence processing of the ITR and to issue refunds, if any.

Of the verified ITRs 1 and 4, more than 1.06 crore ITRs have been processed and over 36.22 lakh refunds for the AY 2021-22 have been issued. Processing of ITRs 2 and 3 will be taken up shortly, the department said.