If you are facing any problem in filing Income Tax Return, then there is no need to find a Chartered Accountant for this, the Income Tax Department has made your problem easy.
Taxpayers will get the help of CA, ERI
The Income Tax Department had launched a new e-filing portal on 7 June. Taxpayers will now be able to add a Chartered Accountant (CA), E-Return Intermediary (ERI) or an Authorized Representative for assistance in ITR filing or other related services on this portal.
You will be able to add and assign any CA for yourself using ‘My CA Service’ on the e-filing portal. Not only that, you can also remove a CA or revoke a already assigned CA. These Chartered Accountants can help you in many ways on the e-filing portal.
How to take help of CA on e-filing portal
So let us tell you how you can take advantage of CA services on the e-filing portal. You just have to follow this simple process.
- First you have to go to the Income Tax e-filing portal https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/about-portal and login
- After this go to Authorized Partners and click on My Chartered Accountants
- that click on Add CA, fill the details like Membership Number, Chartered Accountant Name and Validation etc.
- After filling all the details, after validation from the ICAI database, you will be able to take the help of the assigned CA.
How CA will help you
- On one, when the CA is added by the taxpayer, it will help in filling all the necessary forms.
- CA Will e-verify assigned forms of taxpayers
- CA Will upload the bulk form (Form 15CB)
- Will show all the forms that have been filled, if there is any problem or complaint, it will also be filled
- Will make login with more robust security
Apart from this, you can also take help of e-Return Intermediary (ERI). CAs are members of the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants, while e-Return Intermediary are authorized individuals who perform various functions on behalf of taxpayers including filing their income tax returns.