Tarun Bajaj assumes charge as ED (NR-I) of POWERGRID
He will be responsible for construction, operation and maintenance of all Central Transmission Projects in areas under Northern Region - I.
46.11 lakh Income Tax Returns (ITRs) were filed on December 31, 2021, taking the overall total to 5.89 crores for the 2021-22 assessment year (AY).
It seems the announcement by Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj on the last day of 2021 seems to have worked.
Over 45.7 per cent of ITRs have been filed using the online ITR form on the portal and the balance has been uploaded using the ITR created from the offline software utilities.
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In order to assist taxpayers with a smooth experience on the portal, 16,850 taxpayer calls and 1,467 chats were responded to by the helpdesk. In addition, the department has been proactively engaging with and reaching out to taxpayers and professionals for assistance on its official Twitter handle.
Bajaj had announced that the government will not extend the due date for ITR filing, as it did in 2020 when the ITR filing due date was extended till January 10, 2021, which witnessed 31.05 lakh ITRs being filed on the last date.
In 2020-21, the total number of ITRs filed was 5.95 crores, a bit higher than 2021-22, which stood at 5.89 crores.
Out of 5.89 crore, ITRs filed for AY 2021-22 as on December 31, 2021, 49.6 per cent are ITR-1 (2.92 crore), 9.3 per cent are ITR-2 (54.8 lakh), 12.1 per cent are ITR-3 (71.05 lakh), 27.2 per cent are ITR-4 (1.60 crore), and 1.3 per cent are ITR-5 (7.66 lakh).
(With IANS inputs)
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