NEW DELHI/BENGALURU:
Over five crore income tax returns (ITR) for the financial year ended March 2021 have been filed so far, the I-T department said on Wednesday.
”More than five crore income tax returns for AY 2021-22 filed till 5:45 pm today!” the income tax department tweeted.
The department has already extended the deadline for individual taxpayers to file income tax returns, by five months till December 31, 2021.
More than 5 crore Income Tax Returns for AY 2021-22 filed till 5:45pm today!
— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) December 29, 2021
Hope you have filed yours too!
If not, please file your #ITR for AY 2021-22 before the extended due date of 31st December, 2021.
Please visit https://t.co/GYvO3n9wMf #FileNow #ITR pic.twitter.com/LLBDgAm2Lj
For the financial year 2019-20, 5.95 crore ITRs were filed till the extended deadline of January 10, 2021.
Taxpayers who have not e-verified their ITRs for the financial year 2019-20 can complete the verification process by February 28, 2022, as the income tax department has given a one-time relaxation to assessees.
According to law, an ITR, filed electronically without a digital signature, has to be verified electronically through Aadhaar OTP, or net banking, or code sent through demat account, pre-validated bank account and ATM within 120 days of filing the return.
Alternatively, taxpayers can send a physical copy of the ITR filed to the centralised processing centre (CPC) office in Bengaluru. PTI
