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File ITR by July 31, no extension proposed: Income Tax Department

- MPOST BUREAU

NEW DELHI: The last date for filing of Income Tax Returns (ITRS) for the financial year 201617 will not be extended beyond Monday’s deadline, a top official on Sunday said.

“The last date for filing of ITRS remains July 31. There are no plans to extend this deadline. The department has already received over 2 crore returns filed electronic­ally.

The department requests taxpayers to file their return in time,” the official said.

On reports of the e-filing website facing some glitches, the official said that no major glitches have been reported with the department’s e-filing website– http://incometaxi­ndiaefilin­g.gov. in/–barring a few times when the portal was “interrupte­d for maintenanc­e”.

The department has also issued advertisem­ents in leading national dailies in the last few days stating that taxpayers should disclose their income “correctly” and file their ITRS on or before July 31.

The linking of Aadhaar number with the PAN (Permanent Account Number) of a taxpayer has also been made mandatory for filing of an ITR, beginning July 1.

The department has also asked taxpayers to declare cash deposits made in bank accounts aggregatin­g to Rs 2 lakh or more, post demonetisa­tion between November 9-December 30 last year, in the ITRS.

The ITRS to be filed by July 31 pertain to 2016-17 fiscal or assessment year 2017-18.

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