Frustration with the Income Tax department’s inefficiency, particularly regarding e-filing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) 1 to 5. They highlight a lack of understanding among tax officers about Circular No. 5-2007, which facilitates e-filing and the acceptance of the ITR-V verification form. Several queries from tax officers illustrate their ignorance, such as questioning the validity of the ITR-V form and the acknowledgment number. The author emphasizes the need for better training among tax officials, noting that their delays in accepting forms forced them to file returns late, despite having completed the electronic submission on time.
Dear Members and Colleagues,
Hope all of you are familiar with efiling of ITR – 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. I have a message for you…. IT people (You may call them Income Tax People or Inefficient Taxman) are not very clear about Circular No. 5 – 2007. I find it very difficult to convince them that their department has enabled efiling and it is also sufficient to submit a verification form in ITR – V, they are blissfully ignorant about their department’s STATE OF THE ART!!!!!!!!!!! Technology in infusion of Information Technology at the service of Taxpayer!
Here are a few intelligent questions cast at us by IT officers at IT Office, this is just for you to enjoy their ignorance…..!
Question No. 1 – When we tried to submit ITR-V “Why should we accept a form which says VERIFICATION FORM, in fact we did not verify anything!?”
Question No. 2 – Where did you get this acknowledgment Number which you have given in your form?
Question No. 3 – Though you have electronically filed your returns, is there any difficulty in your part to provide a hard copy of the original form? (When asked why – they said) suppose in case our database gets deleted or corrupted, where will we go for the information????
Question No. 4 – Didn’t you ever know that this does not apply to offices which are not online? (Circular No. 5 – 2007 clearly states “whether online or not”)
Question No. 5 – “We do not have any computers, how can we accept e-filing forms????”
I have been forced ‘late-filing’ by these inefficient taxmen – I filed the returns electronically before the due date – but after e-filing I could not submit form ITR-V within 15 days as stipulated by IT department
