Over 75 lakh taxpayers availed e-verification facility for filing Income Tax Returns

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Over 75 lakh taxpayers availed the e-verification facility of their income tax returns filed till August 5 against around 33 lakh taxpayers last year till September 7, which will ensure faster processing of their returns. In all 226.98 lakh e-returns were filed in FY 2016-17 as compared to 70.97 lakh for the same period in FY 2015-16. The number is higher because last year the date of filing had been extended to September 7.

By September 7, 2015 nearly 207 lakh returns had been filed, which yields 9.8% rise in e-filing this year. Aadhaar based e-verification was used by 17.68 lakh taxpayers during the current year as against 10.41 lakh taxpayers during the same period in 2015-16, finance ministry said in a statement.

“In addition to these, 3.32 lakh returns were digitally signed. Thus, over 35% of taxpayers have already completed the entire process of return submission electronically,” it added. The forms that are not electronically verified have to be physically mailed to processing centre in Bengaluru before they can be processed.

The revenue department is encouraging all taxpayers who have submitted their returns to e-verify them as an easy alternative to sending their ITR-V form to CPC, Bengaluru.

The government said tax refunds of Rs 14,332 crore have been issued this year till August 5. “The Central Processing Centre (CPC) Bengaluru has already issued over 54.35 lakh refunds totaling to Rs 14,332 crore have been issued this year till August 5. “The Central Processing Centre (CPC) Bengaluru has already issued over 54.35 lakh refunds totaling to Rs 14,332 crore which includes 20.81 lakh refunds for AY 2016-17 (current year returns) totaling to Rs 2,922 crore till August 5, 2016,” the statement said.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/53607133.cms

 

E-filing: ATM-based Income Tax Return (ITR) validation facility enhanced

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The Income Tax department has widened the ATM-based validation system for filing e-ITRs by taxpayers with the inclusion of Axis Bank, after SBI, as part of its measure to enhance the paperless regime of filing the annual I-T returns.

“Now, Electronic Verification Code (EVC) can also be generated by pre-validating Automated Teller Machine (ATM) provided by Axis Bank. SBI had activated the facility last month. Other banks are also expected to join soon,” a senior I-T department official said.

In May this year, the department had launched the bank account-based validation facility in this regard for those who have not availed the internet banking facility.

 

The new facility is available on the official e-filing portal of the department- http://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ and will work by using the One Time Password (OTP) verification system as activated by the department last year by using the Aadhaar number.

These measures are used to validate the e-ITR so that the taxpayer does not take the trouble of sending the paper-based ITR-V by post to the Bengaluru-based Central Processing Centre (CPC) for final resolution and processing.

The new ITRs have been notified early this year and taxpayers can e-file their ITRs till July 31.

ITR-1 can be filed by individuals having income from salaries, one house property and from other sources including interest.

ITR-2 is filed by Individuals and Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) not having income from business or profession.

ITR-2A is filed by those individuals and HUFs who do not have income from business or profession and capital gains and who do not hold foreign assets.

Income tax refunds worth Rs 1.22 lakh cr issued in FY’16: Govt

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The Income Tax department has issued 2.10 crore refunds totalling over Rs 1.22 lakh crore in 2015-16, which saw 94 per cent the returns being filed online.

“During FY 2015-16, more than 2.10 crore refunds amounting to Rs 1,22,425 crore were paid compared to Rs 1,12,188 crore in the Financial Year 2014-15 and Rs 89,664 crore in the Financial Year 2013-14,” a finance ministry statement said.

In 2015-16, more than 94 per cent of income tax returns were filed online and 4.14 crore returns were processed by the Central Processing Centre (CPC), Bengaluru, without any human intervention.

Both the Central Board of Director Taxes (CBDT) and Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) are making optimum use of technology for expeditious disposal of assessment and refunds as well as for addressing the issues relating to custom clearance and facilitating trade among others, it said.

As regards indirect tax collections last fiscal, the indirect tax to GDP ratio is about 5.17 per cent as compared to 4.36 per cent for FY 2014-15.

Indirect tax to GDP ratio for the current Financial Year 2016-17 is estimated to be 5.20 per cent, the ministry said.

E-payment of Central Excise and Service Tax refunds and rebates through RTEGS/NEFT has been implemented and 80 percent of the refund amount is granted within 5 days for service exporters.

Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade (SWIFT) acts as a single point interface for over 50 offices of six government agencies for clearance of Exim Goods and reduces documentation and costs, thereby benefiting over 97 per cent of India’s imports, the ministry added.

Source: http://www.firstpost.com/business/income-tax-refund-financial-year-2768332.html