SME Times News Bureau | 08 Jun, 2021
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday called out Infosys and its
Co-Founder Nandan Nilekani for the problems faced by taxpayers while
using the newly launched ITR e-filing portal.
Citing complaints
on her Twitter timeline the Finance Minister said that ease of
compliance for the taxpayer should be or higher priority.
"The
much awaited e-filing portal 2.0 was launched last night 20:45hrs. I see
in my TL grievances and glitches," she said in a tweet.
"Hope
@Infosys & @NandanNilekani will not let down our taxpayers in the
quality of service being provided. Ease in compliance for the taxpayer
should be our priority."
Infosys has developed the
next-generation income tax filing system to reduce processing time for
returns from 63 days to one day and expedite refunds.
The
software major had also developed the government's GST Network (GSTN)
portal, used for GST payment and return filing, which also had faced
initial over glitches on the website.
