MANU/PIBU/3142/2023
Department/Board : Press Information Bureau
Date : 02.10.2023
More than 30 lakh Audit Reports filed on Income Tax Department's e-filing portal till 30th September, 2023
More than 30.75 lakh audit reports, including about 29.5 lakh Tax Audit Reports have been filed for AY 2023-24 on the e-filing portal till the end of the due date on 30th September 2023 with respect to filing of Tax Audit Reports (TARs) and other audit reports in Form No. 29B, 29C, 10CCB, etc, ensuring compliances in time.
To facilitate the taxpayers, extensive outreach programmes were carried out.
Around 55.4 lakh outreaches were done through e-mails, SMSs, social media, along
with information messages on Income Tax portal to create awareness among the
taxpayers to file the Tax Audit Reports and other audit forms within the due
date. Various user awareness videos were uploaded on the Income Tax portal to
provide guidance. Such concerted efforts have been helpful to the taxpayers and
tax professionals in filing the audit reports within the due date.
The e-filing portal successfully handled the traffic, providing a seamless experience to the taxpayers and tax professionals for filing the audit reports. This smooth filing experience has been appreciated by professionals on various platforms including social media.
The e-filing Helpdesk team has handled approximately 2.36 lakh queries from
the taxpayers in the month of September, 2023 supporting the taxpayers and tax
professionals proactively during the filing period, helping them resolve any
complexity involved. The support from the helpdesk was provided through inbound
calls, outbound calls, live chats, Webex and co-browsing sessions. The Helpdesk
team also supported resolution of queries received on the Twitter handle of the
Department through Online Response Management (ORM), by proactively reaching out
to the taxpayers/ stakeholders, providing assistance to them on different issues
on a near real-time basis. Various webinars related to filing of Audit forms
were conducted to guide the Tax professionals.
The Department expresses gratitude to all tax professionals and taxpayers for their support in compliances.