Income Tax portal hit by glitches? #Extend_Due_Date_Immediately turns viral Twitter trend

Extend_Due_Date_Immediately is trending on Twitter as taxpayers are facing issues while filing their Income Tax Returns (ITR) online at incometax.gov.in.

Taxpayers are facing issues while filing their Income Tax Returns (ITR) online. (Income Tax Government Portal)

Today, December 31, 2021 is the last day for filing Income Tax Returns ) for the financial year 2020-21 (AY21-22) and people have started demanding the extension of the due date. #Extend_Due_Date_Immediately is trending on Twitter. From the tweets it can be seen that the taxpayers are complaining of technical problems with the ITR portal and hence are further demanding for date extension. The central government had extended the ITR filing due date to December 31 from July 31 earlier in the year.

"3 reasons enough to extend ITR due date :- 1. New portal made avlbl. late 2. Though late, but a mess taking away sevrl. man hours. Just a mon. back its added some sense 3. Sudden AIS & TIS derailed evrythg," a Twitter user tweeted. While another user wrote, "Thank you Infosys and Income Tax India for such a wonderful portal, new errors and new glitches every day."

3 reasons enough to extend ITR due date :-

1. New portal made avlbl. late

2. Though late, but a mess taking away sevrl. man hours. Just a mon. back its added some sense

3. Sudden AIS & TIS derailed evrythg.@IncomeTaxIndia @FinMinIndia @PMOIndia#Extend_Due_Date_Immediately

— Sudhir Parmar (@sudhirgparmar) December 30, 2021

Thank you @Infosys and @IncomeTaxIndia for such a wonderful portal, new errors and new glitches every day.#Extend_Due_Date_Immediately pic.twitter.com/xjuWuovmM9

— CA Chintan Dave (@ImCA_Chintan) December 21, 2021

Another Twitter user by sharing a few pictures of the portal tweeted,"Glitches, technical failure, beyond capacity, bugs, errors, UDIN deferred ….many more . Picture abhi baki hai Babu Moshay." "The #newincometaxportal is working very slow & showing errors/glitches. Pl accept the ground realities & announce to extension urgently," a tweet by another taxpayer read.

Glitches, technical failure, beyond capacity, bugs, errors, UDIN deferred ….many more . Picture abhi baki hai Babu Moshay @IncomeTaxIndia @nsitharaman @PMOIndia @Infosys #Extend_Due_Date_Immediately pic.twitter.com/g8kQxigVuR

— CA Amresh Vashisht (@caamresh) December 27, 2021

What is Income Tax Return

Income tax return is a form filed by an individual to report his/her annual income. The form enables you or any taxpayer to declare your income, expenses, tax deductions, investments, among others.

Have you filed your Income Tax Returns (ITR)? You can file ITR online and offline both. For filing it online, you will have to visit the official website of Income Tax Department at incometax.gov.in.

How to file ITR Online

Time	Tools	Supplies
20 Minutes	Smartphone Laptop Desktop	Updated Browser Internet

Step 1: Visit the official Income Tax Portal at https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal.

Step 2: Log in to the e-Filing portal using your user ID and password.

Step 3: On your Dashboard, click e-File > Income Tax Returns > File Income Tax Return.

Step 4: Select Assessment Year as 2021 – 22 and click Continue.

Step 5: Select Mode of Filing as Online and click Proceed. It can be noted that in case you have already filled the Income Tax Return and it is pending for submission, click Resume Filing. In case you wish to discard the saved return and start preparing the return afresh click Start New Filing.

Step 6: Complete the filing of the form by providing the required details, making selections, etc., as being asked on the portal.