ITR Filing: A new record of ITR filing has been made in the country. According to the Finance Ministry, the number of people filing returns in the country has crossed 8 crores. The number of people filing income tax returns in the assessment year 2023-24 has been 8.18 crore. There has been a jump of about 9 percent. According to the information, a total of 1.60 crore audit reports and other forms were filled in the assessment year 2023-24. Last year this figure was 1.43 crores.
Record number of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) filed till 31st December, 2023!
Few highlights:
👉 8.18 crore ITRs filed for AY 2023-24 upto 31.12.2023 which is 9% higher yoy.
👉1.60 crore audit reports and other forms filed.
👉AIS facility was used extensively, resulting in… pic.twitter.com/julWcfycLF— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) January 1, 2024
Audit reports and other forms were also filled in excess.
According to the information given by the Finance Ministry on Monday, the number of people filing income tax returns has set a record. A total of 8.18 crore ITRs were filed in the assessment year 2023-24, whereas the same figure was 7.51 crore a year before. The number of people filing ITR has increased by about 9 percent in the last one year. More audit reports and other forms were also filled in the assessment year 2023-24.
The process of filling ITR has become much easier
According to the ministry, many information including salary, interest, dividend, personal information, tax payment including TDS, loss, MAT credit had already been collected. This facility has been used extensively. The process of filing ITR has become much easier, convenient and faster than before. Those filing ITR have benefited a lot from this.
The government had run many creative campaigns including email and SMS.
According to the government, there has been great success in the efforts made to fill ITR and other forms quickly. The government had run email, SMS and many other creative campaigns. It has received good response from the public.
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