Amid Last Date to file ITR, Income Tax Website is not working

Today is 31st March i.e. the last date for filing Income Tax Return (ITR) and Income Tax Website not working.

“#IncomeTax Site crashed, Payment of income tax site is also not working #Extend_Due_Dates @nsitharamanoffc @nsitharaman @narendramodi for this failure of the website,” on of the persons tweeted.

One of the CA tweeted, “Income tax efiling website is not working on the last day and the department is sending panic messages of high value transactions to taxpayers. Don’t know how to comply within the due date.”

“Income tax portal Crashed ,We are tensed,” one of the taxpayers said.

Last Saturday, the Income Tax Department asked the taxpayers not to ignore the date and added that it was their last chance to file the ITR.

Businessmen and other professionals:

Besides the salaried class, businessmen and other professionals are also expected to file their ITR today. The tax department had reminded them too. “Attention Businesses and Professionals. If tax has been deducted on your receipts/income, but you haven’t filed your Income Tax Return (ITR), please do so at the earliest,” the department tweeted a few days ago.

Revised ITR

To avoid penalty, the revised or delayed income tax return for FY 2019-20 also needs to be filed before 31 March, 2021. Filing the ITR later may lead to the imposition of a late fee of Rs 10,000. But you have to pay only Rs 1000 as a late fee if your income is less than Rs 5,00,000.

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