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The Income Tax department has received 2.06 crore returns on its e-filing portal so far this fiscal.
This was a 26 per cent jump over the 1.63 crore returns received through e-filing at the same time (as of September 7) last year.
The peak filing rate this fiscal touched 3,475 returns per minute compared with 2,901 returns per minute last year (for financial year 2014-15), an official release said.
The I-T department has already taken several initiatives to make filing of returns simple and easier for the common taxpayer.
It has made compliance simpler for the taxpayer through increased use of technology.
To facilitate the taxpayers by providing end-to-end e-enabled services and reduce compliance burden, the Department offered the facility of electronic verification of Income Tax Return for the assessment year 2015-16 (financial year 2014-15) through an electronic verification code (EVC).
In the short period since its introduction, 32.95 lakh e-returns have been verified through EVC.
Use of EVC has dramatically reduced the time taken for processing of e-filed returns for the assessment year 2015-16, the release added.
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