New Delhi. If you are going to use the income tax e-filing portal, you will not be able to do so now. Service will not be available on Income Tax e-filing portal for 3 days. The Income Tax Department has informed that the e-filing portal has been closed for maintenance work. Income Tax on X handle has informed that all services on the e-filing portal have been closed from February 3. No service will be available on this portal till 6 am on 5th February. That means you will neither be able to file returns nor be able to do any other work through the Income Tax portal. Apart from maintenance, Income Tax is believed to have closed its e-filing portal for uploading ITR forms for the current financial year.
The Income Tax Department has already notified the forms for filing returns in the assessment year 2024-25 for the convenience of taxpayers. On January 31, the Income Tax Department had notified return forms 2, 3 and 5. Earlier Income Tax had notified Form 1 and 6. This time the income tax return will have to be filed on the notified form only. Every year the Income Tax Department notifies the return forms. Different information is asked in the income tax return form. Because of which it is necessary to notify new forms.
The Income Tax Department has prescribed Form 1 for those earning less than Rs 50 lakh per annum. The return form for companies is number 6. There are separate forms for other categories of income tax payers also. All return forms will be effective from April 1. You have to file your income tax return by choosing one of these forms according to your income. It has now become very convenient to file income tax returns. If all the information is given correctly, the refund is available within 10 days on an average. Modi government has also simplified many income tax rules to provide relief to tax payers.