TaxSpanner.com, India’s largest and most trusted website for easy filing of taxes, today announced the launch of its mobile version. This new facility offers taxpayers the freedom to file income tax returns (ITR) through their mobile phones from the first week of July, 2011.
Known for providing secure and easy-to-use solutions for efiling tax returns for individuals and businesses, TaxSpanner has made the process simpler by introducing its website optimized for the mobile medium. Its most popularly used application to file income tax returns, “eFile by eMail”, will be offered on mobile now. Also available on the website and on its Facebook page, this application is the simplest and fastest way to eFile returns. With accessibility on mobile, its simplicity can now be used on the move.
When a user visits the TaxSpanner site on a mobile device, s/he will land on the “eFile by eMail” application page of the mobile site. There is no need to register. One just needs to fill up a form with some personal details and upload Form 16 on the same page. Thereafter, the ITR will be filled and generated automatically. Users will have an option to visit the regular website by clicking on a link.
Ankur Sharma, CEO, TaxSpanner said, “At TaxSpanner, our constant endeavor is to develop innovative, user-friendly easy-to-use, and reliable tax filing solutions for individuals and businesses. After introducing the eFile by eMail option, where customers need to just send us an email with a few details, efiling of taxes through mobile is the next obvious step for the company. Our new mobile site will make it easy for the taxpayer to file his ITR using the mobile phone.”
TaxSpanner.com is built using open source technologies - Linux, apache, postgres, python, django. The eFile by mobile also uses the same tested technologies which TaxSpanner has used in its already popular eFile by eMail application.
About using open source:
Utilizing cutting edge technologies and open source software, TaxSpanner has evolved a unique framework to build solutions in a timely and cost-effective manner. Its software development team works along with subject matter experts to ensure that the products are not only technologically world-class, but also accurate as per the relevant rules and guidelines.
TaxSpanner has designed a unique development framework, “Spanner”, to rapidly prototype and develop usage models and features. Spanner uses XML, PostgreSQL, and, Python technologies.
The salient features are mentioned below:-
TaxSpanner is built over LAMP platform; however it uses PostgreSQL and Python instead of MySQL, and PHP, respectively
The complete software development is being done over Open Source Software (OSS) platform
Adopted Django, as web development framework
Scalable: Entire architecture is split into three logical servers, which can be hosted on different servers: Database server, Web server, and Media server. Lab results have shown three machines architecture can handle more than a million hits in a day
Software development is based on Agile Development methodology.
About TaxSpanner
Established in 2007, TaxSpanner is based out of New Delhi and Bangalore. Since then, it has grown to build the largest customer base in the income tax e-filing space. The company is an Indian Angel Network investee company, mentored by well known investors.
TaxSpanner has been authorized by the Income Tax department of the Government of India as an e-return intermediary. SSL encryption is used to ensure that client information is highly secure. Consistently ranked as the best online tax preparer (by Money Today in 2009 and by Mint in 2010), it is recommended by top employers to their employees for compliance, confidentiality and ease-of-use.
TaxSpanner’s vision is to empower every individual to gain the advantage of being actively involved in his/her financial life. The company’s mission is to provide definitive solutions that streamline the service delivery process in personal taxation and finance space by minimizing human interface. TaxSpanner strives towards this goal by providing accurate information on current tax laws through customer support of the highest quality.
The founders of TaxSpanner have a unique and extensive domain expertise in the field of software based solutions development, income tax and financial consulting. They are Ankur Sharma, CEO; Sudhir Kaushik, CFO; Manoj Yadav, CSO; and Sumit Grover, COO.
