In a relief to taxpayers, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has once again extended the last date to submit the Income Tax Return. The last date to submit ITR was extended by a day to 16 September, which implies that the ITR due date is today.
CBDT, in a statement, has cited that it was extending the ITR filing deadline from 15 September to 16 September.
For AY 2025-26, the deadline to submit the ITR filing, which was originally due on 31st July 2025, was extended to 15th September 2025. From 15th September 2025 to 16th September 2025, the Central Board of Direct Taxes has decided to extend the last date for filing these ITRs for AY 2025-26.
The Income Tax Department official X confirmed the news and reported that from 12 am to 2:30 am on 16 September, the ITR filing portal was down. For the revisions in the utilities, the e-filing portal will stay under maintenance mode from 12:00 AM to 02:30 AM on 16th September 2025.
Reason Why the Govt Extended the ITR Filing Deadline
The ITR filing deadline extension has arrived because of the complaints of users on social media concerning the issues with the official income tax portal.
Since 14 September, Saturday, complaints of CAs and taxpayers on social media have been directed towards non-filing of the ITR due to the issues on the portal.
The speed of the website is slow, and the income tax portal was down, users cited. They demanded an extension to the income tax ITR filing deadline.
A user said that the Income Tax Portal is slow, glitchy & non-functional. Taxpayers & professionals are helpless. Request @IncomeTaxIndia @FinMinIndia to kindly extend due dates.
The government must know that Taxpayers are also a Vote Bank!! Their demands must be fulfilled, and be at the mercy of a non-functional income tax portal. Due date should be extended, as many taxpayers are still stumbling, a tax expert on X cited.
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The income tax department, before extending the due date of ITR filing, cited that more than 7.3 crore people have already submitted their ITRs, till 15th September 2025. “We sincerely thank taxpayers & professionals for their timely compliance,” it said in a post on X.
On Monday, the last filing day of ITRs for AY 2025-26, there has been huge traffic on the e-filing portal. The due date for payment of the second quarterly instalment of advance tax for the ongoing fiscal year was also on a Monday.
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