Centre firm on not extending deadline for ITR submission, netizens trend 'extend due dates'
Hindustan TimesWith the deadline to submit income tax returns for financial year 2021-22 and assessment year 2022-23, i.e. July 31, approaching, citizens, who are yet to close their returns due to technical issues, including with the e-filing portal itself, have taken to Twitter demanding that the due date be immediately extended. July 31 is the deadline to complete submission of income tax returns That the Union government is unlikely to extend the deadline this year has only added to the taxpayers' headache. Meanwhile, the Income Tax department said on Friday that till July 28, it had received more than 4.09 crore returns, including as many 36 lakh on July 28 itself. Penalty for late ITR filing Those closing their returns after the due date will be required to pay a fine, or late fee, of ₹5,000 if their taxable income exceeds ₹5 lakh, and ₹1,000 if less than ₹5 lakh.