Income Tax Return Filing Due Date: No extension of ITR filing deadline, confirms government
Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj said December 31, 2021, remains the official deadline for filing of income tax returns.
In a major development, the government on Friday said there is no proposal to extend the deadline for filing income tax returns beyond its current deadline of December 31, as per a PTI report.
Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj said December 31, 2021, remains the official deadline for filing of income tax returns.
No proposal to extend deadline to file income tax returns; the date of 31 December 2021 remains the official deadline: Revenue Secretary
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 31, 2021
He said returns filed so far are more than those filed in the previous year.
Meanwhile, Income Tax India @IncomeTaxIndia tweeted, "More than 5.78 crore #ITRs for AY 2021-22 filed till 7pm today compared to 5.95 crore #ITRs for AY 2020-21 filed till 10th January, 2021(extended due dt for AY 2020-21). This includes 35.74 lakh ITRs filed today with 4.55 lakh ITRs filed in last one hour."
More than 5.78 crore #ITRs for AY 2No Ex021-22 filed till 7pm today compared to 5.95 crore #ITRs for AY 2020-21 filed till 10th January, 2021(extended due dt for AY 2020-21).
This includes 35.74 lakh ITRs filed today with 4.55 lakh ITRs filed in last one hour.#FileNow— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) December 31, 2021
(With PTI inputs)
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