Due to glitch in the New Income Tax Portal, despite the extension of the last date of ITR filing, Late Fee was charged.
Income tax Department has clarified that any excess amount or late fee charged by the new Income Tax portal for filing income tax return (ITR) for the financial year 2020-21 will be refunded.
In view of COVID issues, Income Tax department has earlier extended the deadline for filing ITR to September 30, 2021 from July 31, 2021.
The tax department has launched a new income-tax e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in in June. However, because of new tax portal glitches, Assessee were charged excess interest and late fee for filing ITR after July 31, earlier deadline of filing returns for the previous year 2020-21.
In a tweet, the tax department said, “The ITR software was rectified on 1st August, 2021 itself to remove the error due to incorrect computation of interest u/s 234A and late fee u/s 234F.” The department also requested the taxpayers to use the latest version of the ITR software to file income tax applications.
The tax department further assured that if anyone has submitted income tax return with incorrect interest or late fee, the amount will be refunded to them. “If, by any chance, someone has already submitted the ITR with such incorrect interest or late fee, the same will be correctly calculated while processing at CPC-ITR and the excess amount paid, if any, will be refunded in the normal course,” the income tax department said in a tweet.
