Govt Extends Income Tax Return Filings Deadline Till March 15

The department has said the decision was taken because of Covid disruptions that taxpayers are facing

New Delhi: The central government on Tuesday extended the deadline for filing income tax (I-T) returns for the assessment year 2021-22 (AY21-22) till March 15, 2022, a notification of the department of revenue of the finance ministry said.

“On consideration of difficulties reported by taxpayers/stakeholders due to Covid and in e-filing of Audit reports for AY 2021-22 under the IT Act, 1961, CBDT further extends due dates for filing of Audit reports & ITRs for AY 21-22,” said Income Tax Department in a tweet.

 

The deadline for filing of I-T returns have been extended for a few times. According to the notification of the revenue department, the first deadline for filing I-T returns was September 30, 2021. Later, the dates got revised because of the Covid-19 pandemic and for some technical reason.

The income tax payees have been urging for an extension in deadline for I-T return filing, as most of them encountered technical glitch in the I-T website and Covid also resulted in delaying the whole process.