Income Tax Return: If you have not yet filed Income Tax Return (ITR) for FY 2019-20 or Assessment Year 2020-21, then you have the last chance today. You can only file ITR till this day. The last date for filing this ITR is January 10, 2021. The deadline for filing ITR was extended by the government last month. The Income Tax Department has also tweeted and asked taxpayers to file income tax.
The Income Tax Department wrote in its tweet, ‘Have you not filed ITR for assessment year 2020-21? Please file it by 10 January 2021, the last date extended. Register your ITR by visiting incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in now.
Not Filed your #ITR for AY2020-21 yet?
Please do not miss the extended due date of 10th, January, 2021.
File your #ITR NOW by visiting https://t.co/EGL31K6szN#AajHiFileKaro #FileITRNow pic.twitter.com/sGzyV69y9O— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) January 10, 2021
Explain that the Income Tax Department has extended the deadline for filing ITR many times due to the inconveniences caused to taxpayers due to Corona virus epidemic. The last time the department extended the deadline was at the end of last month.
For taxpayers who do not require an audit, the last date for filing ITR for assessment year 2020-21 was extended to January 10, 2021. At the same time, for taxpayers who need audit, the extended deadline to file ITR for assessment year 2020-21 is 15 February.
Apart from this, the deadline for filing income tax returns for the financial year 2019-20 by the companies has been extended by 15 days to 15 February 2021. The government has also extended the last date for submission of annual return for the financial year 2019-20 to 28 February under the Central GST Act, 2017. At the same time, the last date for declaration under the trust-based trust scheme has also been extended to 31 January.
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