Over 34.84 lakh audit reports filed on e-filing portal for AY 2024-25

More than 34.84 lakh audit reports, including about 34 lakh Tax Audit Reports have been filed for the Assessment Year 2024-25 on the e-filing portal  by 7th October, 2024. The Finance Ministry said that there was an increase of around 4.8 per cent in the filing of Tax Audit Reports as compared to 2023-24. It also added that to assist the Taxpayers the department conducted extensive outreach programmes on the Income Tax portal to create and raise awareness among the taxpayers about filing Tax Audit Reports.
Various user awareness videos were uploaded on the Income Tax portal to provide guidance to assist taxpayers.These concerted efforts have been helpful to taxpayers and tax professionals in timely compliance in filing TARs in Form Nos. 10B, 10BB, 3CA-CD, 3CB-CD and other audit reports in Form Nos. 29B, 29C, 10CCB, etc.
The e-filing Helpdesk team handled around 1.23 lakh queries from taxpayers during September and October 2024, proactively supporting them throughout the filing period.The Finance Ministry also highlighted that the helpdesk support was provided through inbound calls, outbound calls, live chats, WebEx, and co-browsing sessions. The team further supported the resolution of queries received on the Department’s X handle through Online Response Management (ORM), by proactively reaching out to taxpayers and stakeholders and providing assistance to them on various issues in near real-time basis.