The new rule making assesses having a total income of more than Rs 5,00,000 to file their return electronically(e-filing) results in an overwhelming increase of 40 % than the number of returns during the last year. More than 82 lakh returns have been e-filed till 29th July, 2013 out of which 6.23 lakh returns were e-filed on 30th July, 2013 till 6:00 P.M, as disclosed by income tax department.
Due to this, problems have been reporting in accessing e-filing portal due to network constrains of the local service providers. The e-filing portal has been running without any interruptions and is being continuously monitored by a dedicated team of income tax officials in Bangalore.