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ITR Deadline

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No extension of ITR filing deadline: Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jan 01, 2022, at 04:29 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The government has no plan to extend the deadline for ITR filing and the filing process is going on smoothly, Revenue Secretary, Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj said Friday in a press conference.

As of 3 pm on Thursday, a total of 5.62 crores ITRs were filed while more than 20 lakh ITRs were filed today itself, he said.

This year more ITRs have been filed this year compared to last year, he said.

Bajaj added that they expect another at least 20-25 lakh returns to come by 12 at night.

#IncomeTaxReturn filing is going on very smoothly

In the last 1 hour, 3.44 lakh #ITReturns have been filed

There is absolutely NO proposal to #ExtendDueDates

- Secretary, @FinMinIndia, Tarun Bajaj pic.twitter.com/v6X4z0f1Ju
— PIB in Maharashtra 🇮🇳 (@PIBMumbai) December 31, 2021

"Had there been more than 1 crore ITR to be filed there might be a case for extension for ITR filing deadline. So, there is absolutely no proposal to extend the ITR filing date. I hope through this message the other people also file their returns," said Bajaj.

Income tax return filing is going on smoothly. By 3pm today, 5.62 crore returns have been filed in total. Today, more than 20 lakh returns were filed. This year 60 lakh more returns have been filed: Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj pic.twitter.com/UhonXfIhrk
— ANI (@ANI) December 31, 2021

However, many taxpayers have flagged the issues they have been facing while filing the returns.

Twitter is flooded with taxpayers airing grievances about not being able to access the e-filing portal and hashtag, #Extend_Due_Date_Immediately trended throughout the day on the social media platform.

Glitches, technical failure, beyond capacity, bugs, errors, UDIN deferred ….many more . Picture abhi baki hai Babu Moshay @IncomeTaxIndia @nsitharaman @PMOIndia @Infosys #Extend_Due_Date_Immediately pic.twitter.com/g8kQxigVuR
— CA Amresh Vashisht (@caamresh) December 27, 2021

#IncomeTax #ITDept #TarunBajaj #ITRDeadline #ITRDueDate

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