Deadline for submitting income tax returns has been reached March 15, 2022Government has actually extended the deadline for filing tax return to March 15, according to a notice issued by the department of income of the financing ministry.The last date for filing returns was December 31, 2021.
The income tax department likewise tweeted about the extension of return filing deadline.The due date has been extended due to difficulties being faced by the taxpayers due to the fact that of the prevailing Coronavirus scenario, the alert stated, adding that it has also been done due to problems being faced while e-filing of different audit reports under the arrangements of the Income Tax Act 1961.
The due date for furnishing of Return of Earnings for the Assessment Year 2021-22, which was 30th November 2021 under sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Act, as extended to 31st December 2021 and 28th February 2022 ...
is more encompassed 15th March, 2022, the notification released by the financing ministry said.Apart from Earnings Tax Returns, the due date for filing of different audit reports has actually likewise been extended by the Ministry of Financing's Central Board of Direct Taxes.
The new deadline is February 15, 2022.
In addition to this, the federal government has actually likewise extended the due date for submitting various audit reports.
These can now be submitted till February 15, 2022.
Interestingly the extension of due date has followed Income secretary Tarun Bajaj had actually stated on December 31, 2021 that there was no proposition to extend the income tax return filing due date any further.Government previously had currently extended the return filing due date from the original July 31, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
Though crores of returns have actually been submitted, taxpayers have actually faced technical issues due to the new e-filing website of the earnings tax department, which likewise forced financing minister Nirmala Sitharaman to intervene in the matter and take it up with the site's vendor Infosys.