Finance ministry officials to meet Infosys over glitches in income tax portal

Finance ministry officials on Tuesday said that they will meet Infosys officials over the glitches taxpayers have faced while filing their income tax returns, on June 22.

“Senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, will be holding an interactive meeting on June 22 with with Infosys (the vendor and its team) on issues/glitches in the recently launched e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department. Other stakeholders including members from ICAI, auditors, consultants and taxpayers will also be a part of the interaction,” the release said.

The release highlighted that taxpayers have faced difficulties in filing income tax returns. “The new portal has been fraught with several technical glitches/issues leading to taxpayer inconvenience.