if you have any sort of taxrelated work that needs to be done using the income tax departments efiling portal then you need to complete the same by midnight tonight ie may 31 2021 this is because the efiling portal will not be available between june 1 2021 and june 6 2021the income tax department is launching a new efiling portal wwwincometaxgovin on june 7 2021 and the existing portal wwwincometaxindiaefilinggovin will not be available from june 1 to june 6 the portal will not be accessible during these dates for all stakeholders including taxpayers banks gstn etcfor instance taxpayers would not be able to submit form15ca and 15cb during the intervening period of revamp of the efiling portal ie from midnight of may 31 till midnight of june 6 2021 those who intend to make any remittance during the blackout period from june 16 2021 may kindly submit and download their forms by midnight of may 31 2021 to avoid any inconvenience the income tax department stated on its efiling website features of the new tax filing portaldo keep in mind that from this year taxpayers will have to file their itr using the new portal and not the existing one in a press release dated may 20 2021 the tax department said that the new income tax efiling portal is aiming to provide a convenient modern and seamless experience to the taxpayers along with the new desktop version a mobile app will also be launched all the key functions on the portal will be available on the mobile app as wellon the new income tax portal there will be a new online tax payment mechanism the new tax payment mechanism will provide more options for making payments such as net banking upi credit card and rtgsneft new income taxpayers will be integrated with immediate processing of itrs this will lead to a quick issue of income tax refunds said the tax department any pending actions interactions with the income tax officers or followups etc will be displayed on the single dashboardto make the process of filing itr easier especially for those who do not have the knowledge the new income tax portal will provide itr preparation software with interactive questions these softwares will come with prefilled information thereby minimising the data entry effort the department stated