Various industry and government sources confirmed TCS had been finalised for the project, called Income Tax Business Applications. However, the contract hasn’t been formally signed yet.
A government official directly involved with the project said, currently, data didn’t move seamlessly from one module of the department to another, as modules added through the last 15 years, including e-filing, central processing centre for returns, and tax deducted at source, used different technology platforms. “Now, we are rebuilding everything and putting everyone under one structure.”