The number of income-tax returns filing reached a record 8.18 crore for the assessment year 2023-24 up to December 31, 2023 as compared to 7.51 crore in the same period previous year, Union finance ministry said quoting data of the Income-Tax Department. To encourage taxpayers to file their ITRs and Forms early, over 103.5 crore outreaches were made through targeted …