The Income Tax Department is going to launch its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in on 7th June, 2021. e-Filing 2.0

                      Government of India

                  Department of Revenue

                       Ministry of Finance

              Central Board of Direct Taxes

                  New Delhi, 20th May, 2021

The Income Tax Department is going to launch its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in on 7th June, 2021. 

The new e-filing portal(www.incometax.gov.in) is aimed at providing taxpayer convenience and a modern,seamless experience to taxpayers.

1. New taxpayer friendly portal integrated with immediate processing of Income Tax

Returns(ITRs) to issue quick refunds to taxpayers.

2.All interactions and uploads or pending actions will be displayed on a single

dashboard for follow-up action by taxpayer.

3.Free of cost ITR preparation software available online and offline with interactive

questions to help taxpayers fill ITR even without any tax knowledge, with pre-filling, for minimising data entry effort.

4.New call center for taxpayer assistance for immediate answers to taxpayer queries with FAQs,Tutorials, Videos and chat-bot /live agent.

5.All key portal functions on desktop will be available on Mobile App which will be

enabled subsequently for full anytime access on mobile network.

6. New online tax payment system on new portal will be enabled subsequently with multiple new payment options using net-banking, UPI, Credit Card and RTGS/NEFT from any account of taxpayer in any bank, for easy payment of taxes.

In preparation for this launch and for migration activities, the existing portal of the Department at www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in  would not be available to taxpayers as well as other external stakeholders for a brief period of 6 days i.e. from 1st June,2021 to 6th June, 2021.