Centre firm on not extending deadline for ITR submission, netizens trend 'extend due dates'

More than 4 crore returns have been filed till July 28, the IT department said on Friday. July 31 is the deadline to submit ITRs for FY 2021-2022 and AY 2022-23.

Published on: Jul 29, 2022, 14:28:21 IST

By HT News Desk, New Delhi

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With the deadline to submit income tax returns (ITRs) 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 (Representative Image)

That the Union government is unlikely to extend the deadline this year has only added to the taxpayers' headache.

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Taking to Twitter, users have pointed to issues such as tedious process of filing the returns, glitches in the IT department's portal, difficulty in downloading forms, among others, as the reason why the due date for submitting returns should be extended.

Hashtags such as ‘Extend Due Dates’, ‘Extend Due Date Immediately’, etc. are trending widely on the social networking site.

In 2020 and 2021, the deadline was extended due to the raging Covid-19 pandemic.

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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.

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