Centre relaxes e-filing norms for submitting income tax forms 15CA/CB

In view of the difficulties reported by taxpayers in electronic filing of Income Tax forms 15CA/15CB, the government on Monday relaxed norms for submitting Income Tax to manual format, the ministry of finance said in a statement.

The statement stated that taxpayers can submit the forms in manual format to the authorised dealers till June 30, 2021.

“In view of the difficulties reported by taxpayers in electronic filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA/15CB on the portal www.incometax.gov.in, it has been decided that taxpayers can submit the aforesaid Forms in manual format to the authorized dealers till June 30th, 2021. Authorized dealers are advised to accept such Forms till June 30th, 2021 for the purpose of foreign remittances. A facility will be provided on the new e-filing portal to upload these forms at a later date for the purpose of generation of the Document Identification Number,” the ministry said in a statement.

Earlier this month, the Income Tax department rolled out its much-publicized new e-filing portal, www.incometax.gov.in with the aim of providing a “modern, seamless experience” to the taxpayers.

However, users continue to face technical glitches ranging from longer than usual logging time, inability to respond to notices, and not all features functioning yet.