it is the season for income tax returns and this no more means rushing to find an accountant to file the documents for you while services have been available for individuals businesses have pretty much been stuck with the two old options file it on the rather intimidating income tax department website or get an accountant to do it but now an online tax return services platform has launched the service for businesses and freelancersexisting services offering to file tax returns largely focus on salaried individuals all a user has to do is upload their form 16 and the sites pretty much go into an autopilot mode the complexity of filing tax returns of businesses has perhaps kept this market outside the purview of existing servicesone of the online platforms for income tax returns cleartax has announced that it would launch its services for businesses and freelancers the company promises to simplify the process of filing income tax returns commercial enterprises to four simple screensthe platform would also help companies prepare their balance sheets and profit and loss statements apart from offering tools to calculate tax amounts depreciation cleartax also offers a pool of accountants to provide assistance and advice and customer service facilities over phone and email the product is aimed at catering to the needs of small and medium businesses apart from free services cleartax also features differing levels of products at a range of pricesarchit gupta founder and ceo of cleartax says the product is aimed at simplifying the filing process for businesses this will enable them to not only become tax compliant but also gain access to working capital and business loans at competitive interest rates and avoid tax notices we are proud to cater to 5 crore smbs of the country with this innovation he says