ITR Deadline: Are taxpayers having difficulty using the portal?
ITR Deadline: Are taxpayers having difficulty using the portal?The deadline for submitting income tax returns is drawing near. Income tax returns must be filed by July 31, 2024. In other words, taxpayers now have just 17–18 days remaining to file their income tax forms. However, people are having issues with the Income Tax Department's internet interdata-face as the deadline for filing reports draws near. social media is being used by taxpayers to vent about their issues, and they are requesting that the Income Tax Department extend the deadline for filing reports.The filing portal opens slowly.A taxpayer posted an update on social media site X. The income tax portal is processing ITR filing requests extremely slowly. The ITR filing process will take a year in this scenario. There are numerous issues and the gateway is quite slow.The response from the Income Tax DepartmentAfter acknowledging the user's issue, the Income Tax Department responded and suggested clearing the browser's cache. Try again after clearing the browser's cache, was the department's response. If issues persist after that, kindly provide your information (PAN and cellphone number). Someone from our team will get in touch with you.Numerous users have voiced their complaints.In fact, hundreds of users on X are complaining about bugs and slowness in the platform. Some customers are reporting that, despite their best efforts over the past three to four days, they have encountered difficulties each time. It frequently happens that the session ends while the return is being filed. In order to file the same return, taxpayers must log in multiple times. The Income Tax Return website advises almost all users to delete their browser's cache.