Senior officials from India's Finance Ministry are scheduled to meet with Infosys on 22nd June 2021 to discuss persistent issues and glitches within the new Income Tax e-filing portal. The meeting, also involving stakeholders like auditors and taxpayers, aims to gather feedback and find solutions to the technical problems causing taxpayer inconvenience. Infosys representatives will be present to address concerns and outline steps for rectifying the portal's performance.
Senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, will hold an interactive meeting on the 22nd of June, 2021, between 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM 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 new portal has been fraught with several technical glitches/issues leading to taxpayer inconvenience. Written representations on the problems/difficulties faced in the portal have also been invited from the stakeholders. Representatives from Infosys team will be present to answer queries, clarify issues and receive inputs on the working of the portal, to remove glitches and sort out issues faced by the taxpayers.
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The Finance Ministry will hold a meeting with Infosys on 22nd June 2021.
The meeting is to discuss and resolve issues and glitches in the new Income Tax e-filing portal.
Senior officials from the Finance Ministry, representatives from Infosys, and other stakeholders including ICAI members, auditors, consultants, and taxpayers will attend.
The meeting is being held due to several technical glitches and issues with the new portal, which have caused inconvenience to taxpayers.
Representatives from Infosys will be present to answer queries, clarify issues, receive input, and discuss solutions for the portal's glitches.