The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extended the last date to file income tax returns (ITR) for the financial year (FY) 2020-21 (AY 2021-22). The decision of ITR filing 2021 extension was taken in order to provide relief to taxpayers due to Covid pandemic.
The ITR filing date for FY 2020-21 has been extended to September 30, 2021, from the previous deadline of July 31, 2021.
However, this time the decision to extend the last date to file ITR beyond September 30 could be taken due to the technical faults in the new income tax website at www.incometax.gov.in. Consequently, unable to file returns, people raised their concern on social media. Thereby, the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has given Infosys time till September 15 to fix all the problems.
To add to it, this ITR filing 2021 extension may extend in view of the challenges faced on the e-filing portal.
Latest tweet by MOF – “Ministry of Finance has sent an order to Sh Salil Parekh, MD &CEO @Infosys on 23/08/2021 to explain to hon’ble FM as to why even after 2.5 months since launch of new e-filing portal, technical failures in the portal have not been resolved. In fact, since 21/08/2021 the portal itself is not available”
Check the new Income Tax filing deadlines for FY 2020-21 (AY 2021-22):
1) Firtsly, for regular taxpayers, the due date of of furnishing return of income for the Assessment Year 2021-22 has been extended to September 30 from July 31, 2021.
2) Secondly, audit assessees will have time till November 30 to file the income tax return. Earlier the date was October 31.
3) Thirdly, Due date of furnishing Tax Audit Report extended to October 31 from September 30, the CBDT said in a statement.
4) Also, due date of filing belated/revised return of income extended to January 31, 2022 from December 31, 2021.
Moreover, previous year too, the government extended the due date of filing ITR for individuals four times. First from July 31 to November 30, 2020, then to December 31, 2020, and finally to January 10, 2021.
Also, check out our previous article on “10 Easy Steps to Fill income Tax Returns Online.”
