The last date to file ITR for the financial year 2019-20 (assessment year 2020-21) is today 10 January. After today, the deadline to file ITR for taxpayers will not be extended. For such people, the Income Tax Department has advised that they file their ITR immediately. According to the Income Tax Department, till 12 am today, 5,03,415 returns have been filed and 1,56,473 returns have been filed in the last one hour.
Here are the statistics of Income Tax Returns filed today.
5,03,415 #ITRs have been filed upto 1200 hrs today & 1,56,473 #ITRs filed in the last 1hr.
For any assistance pl connect on https://t.co/3vqY9TK4jo. We will be glad to assist!@nsitharamanoffc @Anurag_Office@FinMinIndia– Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) January 10, 2021
15 February filing date for companies
The government has extended the last date for filing income tax returns for individual taxpayers till January 10. The filing of returns for the companies is 15 February. The Income Tax Department tweeted, “Over 5.27 crore income tax returns have been filed for the assessment year 2020-21 till January 7. The last date for filing income tax returns for the financial year 2018-19 was August 31, 2019. At that time 5.63 crore returns were filed.
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
Out of the income tax returns filed, 2.8 crore taxpayers have filed ITR-1. At the same time, till September 7, 2019, this figure was 3.1 crore. As of January 7, 2021, 1.23 crore ITR-4s were filed, while on its comparative date of September 7, 2019, 1.29 crore ITR-4s were filed. ITR-1 Sahaj Form can be filled by any common resident, whose annual income does not exceed Rs 50 lakh, giving information about his personal income.
