Highlights
More than five crore returns were filed till a day before the deadline.
Despite being a Sunday, orders have been given to keep all Aaykar Seva Kendras open across the country.
There is a demand on social media platforms to extend the deadline for filing income tax returns.
New Delhi. A day before the deadline for filing income tax returns for the financial year 2021-22, more than five crore returns were filed. Giving this information on its official Twitter handle on Saturday, the Income Tax Department requested taxpayers to file Income Tax Return (ITR) by the due date 31st July. The department said that to avoid late fee, submit the return by the stipulated time.
The department said that for the assessment year 2022-23 till 8.36 pm on Saturday, more than five crore crore returns have been filed. Earlier till July 29, 4.52 crore ITRs had been filed.
All Aaykar Seva Kendras will be open today
Along with this, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the regulatory body of the Income Tax Department, has ordered to keep all Aayakar Seva Kendras open across the country even though July 31 is a Sunday. A senior official said that the issues related to the e-filing portal are being resolved immediately and every doubt and query coming from the taxpayers is being answered.
5 crore returns so far
Asked about the demand on social media platforms for extension of the deadline for submission of income tax returns, the official said that at present the department is not thinking about it. The deadline for filing returns for the financial year 2020-21 was extended till December 31, 2021. A total of 5.89 crore returns were filed during this period.
Demand for extension of last date started
Taxpayers are complaining about the problem related to the portal and requesting the Income Tax Department to extend the time limit. On Twitter, a user named CA Nitin Nayak wrote – #Extend_Due_Date_Immediately. He also gave his reasoning behind the demand to increase it. He wrote- 1. 26AS and AIS are not matching. 2. The portal is not fully functional. 3. 26AS not updated as of June 15th. 4. Forms are not available for timely filing. 5. Dates for filing TDS and GST returns clash.
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Tags: income tax, income tax return, ITR, ITR filing
FIRST PUBLISHED : July 31, 2022, 08:26 IST
