ITR Extension: Government Considering demand to extend due date to file income tax returns; No final decision yet

Central Government is now taking into consideration the demand to extend deadlines for filing income tax return for FY 2020-21. Various representation has been submitted by various associations for income tax return filing due date extension.

Representations point at specific glitches, including: Validation of digital signature not functioning properly OTP generation to e-verify returns taking a lot of time AIS statement reconciliation taking time.

Now continuously push by the these associations, the Government considers extending ITR deadline by a week or 10 days; No final decision yet come out.

The Hon’ble Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman has yet to take final call upon this.