If you haven't already then just a reminder: today is the last day to file your income tax (I-T) returns.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the administrative authority of the Income Tax department,
had recently extended the last date for filing of I-T returns, both manual and e-filed, to August 5 for 2013-14.
Meanwhile, in the latest data released by the Bangalore-based Central Processing Centre (CPC) of the I-T department a total of 1,03,21,775 e-returns were
filed by taxpayers till July 31, quite less than the over 2 crore e-filing numbers filed during the financial year 2012-13.
"The Income Tax department and the CBDT are aiming to encourage
more and more taxpayers to file online returns. These figures are expected to rise drastically by August 5," a senior I-T officer said.
A total of 57,81,252 people under the salaried class filed their e-returns till July 31 through the Internet, less than the over 64 lakh figure filed by salaried taxpayers during the same period last year.
The department's web based servers, according to the official data, received a peak rate of 2,303 returns per minute during the current filing spree even as the tax return filing season ends on Monday.
A special team of the department is continuously monitoring the web portals and information technology parameters of the official e-filing website of the I-T department - https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.
Electronic filing has been made mandatory for assessees having net taxable above Rs five lakh from this year.
With inputs from PTI
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