« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  How To File ITR Online - Step by Step Guide to Efile Income Tax Return, FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25)  Old or new tax regime for TDS on salary? This post-election 2024 event will impact your tax planning  What Are 5 Heads Of Income Tax?  Income Tax Dept releases interim action plan for FY25 on tax collection, refund approvals   Income Tax Return: 5 lesser-known tax-saving tips from Section 80  Income Tax Return: 5 lesser-known tax-saving tips from Section 80  Why you need not rush to file your ITR immediately  Income tax returns: ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 forms for FY 2023-24 available for e-filing  Section 80DDB tax benefits for specified illnesses: 5 things to know  Income tax slabs FY 2024-25: Five tips to help taxpayers decide between old and new income tax regimes  ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 forms for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) available now on e-filing income tax portal «  FM to take up annual returns with I-T bosses... I-T's data power to fight evasion better... » Govt sets up help centres for filing IT returns July, 04th 2006 In a bid to facilitate small income tax payer, the government has set up 321 Help Centres across the country for filing tax returns. Announcing this, the Central Board of Direct Taxes Chairperson M H Kherawala told reporters that the centres would charge no fees from the tax payers for filing returns. There would be atleast one Help Centre under every Direct Tax Commissionerate and the centres are set up outside Income Tax Offices, chambers of commerce and Chartered Accountants offices. "All informations to be provided free of cost and no small fee will be charged by the centres for helping in filing tax returns," she said. These centres have stared functioning from June 15. The facility will be available till August 15 and then for one month from March 1-31, she said. The Help Centres were first started last year. The last date for filing return is July 31. The were 2.64 crore income tax assesses who filed returns last year and the government has targeted 15 per cent incremental growth every year. This year the government expected number of persons filing income tax return to go up in the face government's two -pronged strategy, she said. As per the strategy all the partnership firms are required to file returns irrespective of profit or loss. It is also mandatory for all those who get income beyond threshold limit of Rs one lakh for men, Rs 1.35 lakh for women and Rs 1.85 lakh for senior citizens to file income tax returns. For implementing this strategy necessary amendments have been made in the Income Tax Act.