Income Tax Return Filing Mess : Lessons for all GST Practitioners

Income Tax Return Filing Mess : Lessons for all GST Practitioners

Just 3 hours back Income Tax India tweeted :

Don't forget to file your Income Tax Return by 31st July,2017 for FY 2016-17.

Attention Taxpayers! Last day today!

By Now 958 tweets have been posted in response to this tweet. Mostly by Angry & Frustrated Tax Payers and Professionals, as for last three days E-filing Portal of Income Tax is not working properly, Most of the time either it is slow or down.

People were expecting date to be extended due to GST Pressure and Many states are badly affected by flood, no electricity, no internet. How will they file their ITR ?

But this is also a lesson for all GST Practitioners, There would be huge load on GST Portal on every 10th, 15th and 20th. So, Plan to file/validate all returns/data in advance. Do not wait for last day or moment. Most of the forms are yet to be uploaded on GST Portal. No State wise portals have been activated till now.

Once I made a rule - 123. 1 means 1 working day before due date, Relax. 2 means before 2 working days from due date, deposit tax/file return, 3 means before 3 working days from due date, complete and finalize all working.

It is not easy to get data/info from client on time, so keep reminding them. Thanks.