New Delhi, July 24 -- The government had imposed a penalty on the managed service provider (MSP) that operates the income tax department's e-filing portal in FY 2025-26 after technical glitches led to the extension of the ITR filing deadline.

"MSP is liable for penalty if the due date of ITR filing or any other pre-notified date gets extended on account of any reasons attributable to the MSP. Penalty on this count has been imposed upon the MSP in F.Y. 2025-26," the Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written response to a query in the Lok Sabha on July 20, 2026.

Besides the penalty imposed in FY 2026 for portal outages and the extension of a due date, Chaudhary also said the government had taken several other ...