<p class="title">A 'lite' e-filing facility was launched by the Income Tax department on Thursday to facilitate easy and quick filing of returns by taxpayers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The facility was operationalised on the official portal of the department --https://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Income Tax department is launching 'e-Filing Lite', a lighter version of e-Filing portal with a focus on filing of Income Tax Return (ITR) by the taxpayers," the department said in a public advisory.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The same can be accessed by clicking 'e-Filing Lite' button in home page. The current e-Filing portal having all the services can be accessed by clicking on 'Portal Login' button," it added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A senior official said a new tab for 'lite' was provided on the web portal and once registered taxpayers log in their page, they will only be provided essential links that enable e-filing of ITRs and Form 26AS (for tax deducted at source credit). Taxpayers can download pre-filled or XML forms and view their past filed returns, among others.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Other regular tabs like e-proceeding, e-nivaran, compliance, worklist and profile setting were taken off from the 'lite version' but retained in the standard version of e-filing facility, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 'lite' version is aimed to enable easy and quick ITR filing by all categories of taxpayers, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On July 23, the government extended the due date for filing income tax returns by individuals for the financial year 2018-19 by a month till August 31.</p>
<p class="title">A 'lite' e-filing facility was launched by the Income Tax department on Thursday to facilitate easy and quick filing of returns by taxpayers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The facility was operationalised on the official portal of the department --https://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Income Tax department is launching 'e-Filing Lite', a lighter version of e-Filing portal with a focus on filing of Income Tax Return (ITR) by the taxpayers," the department said in a public advisory.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The same can be accessed by clicking 'e-Filing Lite' button in home page. The current e-Filing portal having all the services can be accessed by clicking on 'Portal Login' button," it added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A senior official said a new tab for 'lite' was provided on the web portal and once registered taxpayers log in their page, they will only be provided essential links that enable e-filing of ITRs and Form 26AS (for tax deducted at source credit). Taxpayers can download pre-filled or XML forms and view their past filed returns, among others.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Other regular tabs like e-proceeding, e-nivaran, compliance, worklist and profile setting were taken off from the 'lite version' but retained in the standard version of e-filing facility, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 'lite' version is aimed to enable easy and quick ITR filing by all categories of taxpayers, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On July 23, the government extended the due date for filing income tax returns by individuals for the financial year 2018-19 by a month till August 31.</p>