NEW DELHI : More than 6. 63 crore income tax returns (ITRs) were filed for the assessment year 2021-22 on the new e-filing portal of the department as on March 15, 2022, which was the due date for filing of ITRs by companies and other taxpayers who were required to submit their tax audit report.
The department said that on March 15, 2022 more than 5. 4 lakh ITRs were filed (compared to 4. 8 lakh last year on the due date) and over 13. 8 lakh ITRs were filed in the last 5 days (compared to 11. 9 lakh last year on the due date).
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Out of the 6. 63 crore ITRs filed, 46% are ITR-1 (3 crore), 9% are ITR-2 (57. 6 lakh), 15% are ITR-3 (1 crore), 26% are ITR-4 (1. 8 crore), 2% are ITR-5 (15. 1 lakh), ITR-6 (9. 3 lakh) and ITR-7 (2. 2 lakh). This reflects an increase of over 16. 7 lakh ITRs over total filing of ITRs for assessment year 2020-21.
Over 43% of these returns have been filed using the online ITR form on the portal and the balance have been uploaded using the returns created from the offline ITR preparation software utilities, including the departmental software, according to an official statement.
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Out of the 6. 6 crore ITRs filed for assessment year 2021-22, more than 6 crore ITRs have been verified (75% using Aadhaar OTP). Of the verified ITRs, more than 5. 2 crore ITRs have been processed and 1. 8 crore refunds for assessment year 2021-22 have been issued till March 15.
To assist taxpayers with the portal, over 8,500 taxpayer calls and 260 chats were responded to by the helpdesk on March 15. The department also said the last date of filing belated return, revised return, linking of Aadhaar and PAN and compliance to the e-proceedings for assessment is March 31, 2022.
