New Delhi, Dec 17 (Agency) As many as 3.59 crore income tax returns were filed on the new e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department till December 15, 2021, it was reported on Thursday. Nearly 52 per cent of the ITRs (Income Tax Returns) were filed using the online ITR form on the portal and the balance were uploaded using the ITR created from the offline software utilities, a statement from Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said. Out of the 3.59 crore ITRs filed for AY 2021-22, 57.6 per cent were ITR1 (2.07 crore), 8.3 per cent ITR2 (29.70 lakh), 9.4 per cent ITR3 (33.61 lakh), 23.4 per cent ITR4 (84.05 lakh), ITR5 (3.12 lakh), ITR6 (1.33 lakh) and ITR7 (0.24 lakh).
As many as 3.11 crore returns were e-verified, out of which more than 2.69 crore were through Aadhaar based OTP. Of the e-verified ITRs, more than 2.38 crore ITRs were processed and over 90.95 crore refunds for AY 2021-22 were issued. Over 37.92 lakh Statutory Forms were submitted including 15.30 lakh TDS statements, 1.61 lakh Form 10A for registration of Trusts or institutions, 3.90 lakh Form 10E for arrears of salary, 51,302 Form 35 pertaining to filing of Appeal and 35,741 DTVSV Form 4 till. Over 8.88 lakh Form 15CA, 2.18 lakh Form 15CB, 26,753 Form 3CA, 2.67 lakh Form 3CB were filed while more than 32.13 lakh e-PANs were allotted online free of cost, the statement said. Meanwhile, senior officials of the Ministry of Finance headed by Secretary, Revenue, had a meeting with the Infosys team headed by its MD and CEO Salil Parekh on Thursday, on the preparedness of the e-filing website during the peak filing period. Infosys assured about its preparedness to ensure a smooth filing season to instill confidence among the taxpayers.