INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Infosys is working closely with government on earnings tax portal, said Salil ParekhNew Delhi: Infosys CEO Salil Parekh on Wednesday stated
the business is working closely with the Income Tax Department on the next set of areas related to the I-T portal as new modules will be
added to it.Infosys, in 2019, was provided the agreement to establish the brand-new portal
It was launched in June last year and stakeholders had actually reported glitches and problems in the performance of the website
On the I-T job, we are extremely proud that as of December 31, as was reported, 5.8 crore returns were filed through that timeframe
On the day itself, over 46 lakh returns were submitted and the deadline was maintained ..
Mr Parekh informed reporters.He also said that users had the ability to utilize the portal to file their income tax return which the
company was grateful that it could contribute to the Digital India vision
Going forward, we are working extremely carefully with the (I-T) Department on the next set of areas that will become part of this system as
new modules are created, he said.In the wake of glitches being reported on the portal, the financing ministry on August 23 had actually
summoned Mr Parekh to discuss why concerns continued to pester the portal.Several technical issues have because been dealt with and the
performance of the portal has considerably stabilised.On December 16, senior officials of the ministry had a conference with the Infosys
group on the readiness of the e-filing website throughout the peak filing period.In that meeting, Infosys had informed the officials about
the steps taken, including augmentation of the technical facilities and setting up a dedicated war room to monitor the performance of the
portal.Nearly 5.89 crore tax return (ITRs) for the 2020-21 fiscal (ended March 2021) have actually been filed on the portal till December
Out of the overall, more than 46.11 lakh ITRs were filed on December 31 alone
