Income-tax department may allow filing of returns without digital signatures

You may soon not need digital signatures to file income-tax returns. The income-tax department is looking at giving electronic pin (personal identification numbers) to taxpayers, which will make electronic return filing a hassle-free task.The new system, which will benefit over two crore taxpayers in the country, would require a change in the Information Technology Act."The proposal is in advance stage... We are hopeful that it could begin from the second half of this year," said a senior income-tax department official.