Finance Ministry to discuss issues in new Income Tax Portal with Infosys on June 22

The Ministry of Finance will hold an interactive meeting with Infosys on June 22, 2021, on issues in the new Income Tax e-Filing portal.

"Senior Finance Ministry officials to hold an interactive meeting with Infosys on 22nd June, 2021 on issues in the new IT e-Filing portal. Stakeholders including ICAI members, auditors, consultants and taxpayers to be part of the interaction. @Infosys team to clarify on glitches faced," the Income Tax Department tweeted.

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As per a statement released by the Ministry of Finance, the meeting will be held between 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM with Infosys (the vendor and its team) on issues/glitches in the recently launched e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department.

The new portal has been fraught with several technical glitches/issues leading to taxpayer inconvenience. Written representations on the problems/difficulties faced in the portal have also been invited from the stakeholders, the statement added.

Representatives from the Infosys team will be present to answer queries, clarify issues and receive inputs on the working of the portal, to remove glitches and sort out issues faced by the taxpayers.

The new IT e-Filing portal was launched on June 7, after which taxpayers have been complaining about several difficulties like being unable to access the new portal.