Fix issues with the Income Tax e-filing portal by September 15, 2021: FM to Infosys

Fix issues with the Income Tax e-filing portal by September 15, 2021: FM to Infosys

The Finance Ministry met with Infosys to discuss issues with the Income Tax Department’s e-filing portal.

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, met with Mr Salil Parekh, MD & CEO, Infosys, here today afternoon to express the Government’s and taxpayers’ deep disappointment and concerns about the ongoing glitches in the Income Tax Department’s e-filing portal, even two and a half months after its launch, which was also delayed. Smt. Sitharaman demanded an answer from Infosys for the taxpayers’ ongoing problems.

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The Ministry of Finance emphasised the necessity for Infosys to invest more resources and effort in order to assure the much-delayed delivery of agreed-upon services. Mr. Parekh was also made aware of the challenges faced by taxpayers, as well as the issues that have arisen as a result of the portal’s slow operation.

The Finance Minister demanded that the team overcome the challenges that taxpayers are having with the portal’s present features by September 15, 2021, so that taxpayers and professionals may work together effortlessly on the platform.

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Mr. Parekh stated that he and his staff are doing all possible to ensure the portal’s flawless operation. Mr. Parekh further stated that around 750 team members are working on this project, which is being directly overseen by Mr. Pravin Rao, Infosys’ COO. Mr. Parekh also stated that Infosys is working quickly to ensure that taxpayers have a smooth experience on the platform.

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E-Invoicing to introduce under GST by Centre (As per Reports)

The Center may before long dispatch an electronic receipt framework instrument under Goods and Services Tax (GST) for organizations, yet it may be relevant to enormous firms in the underlying stages, sources disclosed to The Economic Times.

By method for this framework, each exchange will consequently be enlisted on the GST Network. “It is being inspected. We are checking whether greater organizations could be acquired in the first place,” an administration authority told the paper.

Moneycontrol couldn’t freely confirm the story.

The legislature is hopeful about e-invoicing after the effective dispatch of the e-way charge framework in 2018. This procedure will enable the legislature to catch exchanges immediately on their system and help in checking tax avoidance. Organizations will likewise have the option to gain duty credits and consistence will likewise be simpler.

The GST Council framed a board of trustees which has a sub-bunch explicitly to deal with issues identified with e-invoicing. This gathering will investigate the business forms and lawful parts of e-receipt age. It will deal with receipt designs and any changes required in that, undoing and other such issues.

Industry specialists propose that e-invoicing will make things simpler for organizations however despite everything it needs time to be created. “To the degree of e-solicitations, information ought to be consequently populated in the GST returns and henceforth, consistence would be rearranged. Be that as it may, the industry should be given satisfactory time to get ready for this critical change,” Pratik Jain at PwC.

He included that innovation would be a noteworthy piece of business sooner rather than later and the administration had officially set the ball moving with the e-way bill. “Through the e-way charge framework, we as of now have a constant confirmation system for producers and brokers, which basically should be stretched out for the administration area too,” he included.

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