Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj on Friday said the government is not considering extending the July 31 deadline for filing the income tax return (ITR), according to news agency PTI. So, for now, individuals who do not need to get their income accounts audited must file ITR for the assessment year 2022-23 by July 31.
During the last fiscal (2020-21), as many as 5.89 crore ITRs (Income Tax Returns) were filed by the extended due date of 31 December, 2021.
Speaking to new agency PTI, Bajaj said, “People thought the routine now is that dates will be extended. So they were a little slow in filling the returns initially but now on a daily basis, we are getting between 15 lakhs to 18 lakh returns. This will slightly go up to 25 lakh to 30 lakh returns.”
“So far, there is no thinking of extending the last date of filing,”
SOURCE : LIVEMINT