ITR Filing 2024: July 31 Deadline Is Not For These People, Check All Details Here

There is very low chance that taxpayers this year would get an income tax return extension. The Income Tax department said that over 5 crore ITRs for AY 2024-25 have already been filed as of July 26th this year, compared to July 27th last year. The government did not extend the deadline to file Income Tax Returns (ITR) last year as well. However, it had extended the ITR filing deadline two years prior due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Income Tax Department issued an alert to the public following reports regarding the extension of ITR date. Sharing a screenshot of the announcement being circulated on social media which claimed that the deadline for ITR e-filing has been extended until August 31, 2024, the Income Tax department said that that this is false and the deadline for filing ITR for FY2023-24 is July 31, 2024.

Taxpayers have faced numerous technical issues on the e-filing portal, including Aadhaar-based OTP authentication, slow page loading and upload errors. Concerns were raised by ICAI, All Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants and Income Tax Bar Association, Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association (KSCAA) CA to rectify these issues.