ITR filing last date extended from July 31, 2025, for FY 2024-25 to 15 September 2025

[SSV]

ITR filing last date extended from July 31, 2025, for FY 2024-25 (AY 2025-26): Check the new date here

ITR filing 2025 deadline extended: The CBDT has extended the due date to file income tax return from July 31, 2025, to September 15, 2025, for FY 2024-25 (AY 2025-26). Read to know who will benefit from the new deadline and why the Income Tax Department extended the due date.

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The Income Tax Department has extended the due date to file income tax return for FY 2024-25 (AY 2025-26) from July 31, 2025, to September 15, 2025. The decision was made after a delay in issuing the notification of income tax return forms. Further, the income tax department is yet to issue the utilities to file the income tax return.

 

[Pravin1156]

the income tax department is yet to issue the utilities to file the income tax return. What does it mean brother?

 

[SSV]

the income tax department is yet to issue the utilities to file the income tax return. What does it mean brother?

Means, the itr forms, computation excel sheet formats, xml formats etc need yet to be released..
These are very important for CA firms ( for us also) to upload our ITRs...these are integral part of itr uploads digitally.., in other words they are not ready yet to upload our ITR s even if we have all data in our hands

 

[Dharm]

the income tax department is yet to issue the utilities to file the income tax return. What does it mean brother?

Same question, may be he is referring to all new changes announced in last year budget, so that itr can be filled for last FY. Although not sure?

 

[desiviru]

As it was getting delayed I knew something is not right and was expecting it to extend till August 31st. Good to see it extending till Sep 15 but refunds will be delayed now by department.

I have a refund of 1.26L from tax department as advance tax was overpaid. Till now in all the previous years, Utlities/Online filing were made available in April itself. Last year on April 1 itself, offline/online was started and I was shocked to see such fast response. But this year they again reiterated that you can't expect much from Govt depts.

Issi saal inka bandd bajna tha jab apna refund sava lakh se upar hai. 🤣

Now INFY engineers may take their sweet time to make changes to excel utilities and json utlities as forms are notified in last two weeks. Now all 7 ITR forms are notified and I hope engineers are on their jobs.

In statitics I dont know how come more than 50K people have filed their ITR for AY 25-26?

 

[SSV]

statitics I dont know how come more than 50K people have filed their ITR for AY 25-26

May be, they will be asked to relodge their returns to incorporate new changes..who knows..

 

[desiviru]

May need they will be asked to relodge their returns to incorporate new changes..who knows..

My question was when both offline and online utlities are yet to be released, how come they filled at first place. Although I know one can file ITR on plain paper also and send to tax department with all the proofs but form 16 are yet to be released too.

At our end, we don't rely on form 16 as have all the details with us but still there may be some process to file other than offline/online utilities.

Daya, iska pata lagana padega ab.

 

[SSV]

My question was when both offline and online utlities are yet to be released, how come they filled at first place. Although I know one can file ITR on plain paper also and send to tax department with all the proofs but form 16 are yet to be released too.

At our end, we don't rely on form 16 as have all the details with us but still there may be some process to file other than offline/online utilities.

Daya, iska pata lagana padega ab.

I haven’t followed the events closely this year as I was busy elsewhere.. May be , those utilities were available for a very brief amount of time.. not sure though…

 

[desiviru]

I haven’t followed the events closely this year as I was busy elsewhere.. May those utilities were available for a very brief amount of time.. not sure though…

No, I checked every 2-3 days till now. They do updated utlities for AY24-25 in April but nothing for AY25-26.

Atleast now I am hopeful that by end of May or first week of June it will start finally. Till now department was mum on everything.

 

[desiviru]

@SSV ITR 1 and ITR 4 offline excel utilities are available under download section now.

In ITR website online option yet to be started. But one can fill offline and upload json online for processing.

Waiting for ITR 2 now which I think will be updated tomorrow or by June 1.

 

[neel]

These idiots will release even the refunds later. Incompetent fools

 

[neel]

Plus this year we are still filing on old income tax rates. So I don't know why it's taking so lkng

 

[desiviru]

Plus this year we are still filing on old income tax rates. So I don't know why it's taking so lkng

Many things have been added to ITR Forms. The reporting by financial instritutions have undergone severe changes too at their end. So things are taking time. For most of us changes may seem small but as a SE myself, I know sometimes even smallest of things can eat up a month of thinking and then testing. They have to calculate from every angle rather than just putting a row or colums there.

Section 112A for LTCG from equity is added and also before and after July 23 2024 must have taken a month to put things in place. Some day I hope more people join IT cos and then they will know that it's not just clicking buttons. Even a small addition to a thing affects whole code.

 

[2025]

As it was getting delayed I knew something is not right and was expecting it to extend till August 31st. Good to see it extending till Sep 15 but refunds will be delayed now by department.

I have a refund of 1.26L from tax department as advance tax was overpaid. Till now in all the previous years, Utlities/Online filing were made available in April itself. Last year on April 1 itself, offline/online was started and I was shocked to see such fast response. But this year they again reiterated that you can't expect much from Govt depts.

Issi saal inka bandd bajna tha jab apna refund sava lakh se upar hai. 🤣

Now INFY engineers may take their sweet time to make changes to excel utilities and json utlities as forms are notified in last two weeks. Now all 7 ITR forms are notified and I hope engineers are on their jobs.

In statitics I dont know how come more than 50K people have filed their ITR for AY 25-26?

Same here. I have about 1L refund, due to overpaid IT by my employer. I was thinking to get it early. Now I think I have to pay about 2000 extra to bank as interest cost for about 1.5 month expected delay in processing. Sad.

 

[neel]

Many things have been added to ITR Forms. The reporting by financial instritutions have undergone severe changes too at their end. So things are taking time. For most of us changes may seem small but as a SE myself, I know sometimes even smallest of things can eat up a month of thinking and then testing. They have to calculate from every angle rather than just putting a row or colums there.

Section 112A for LTCG from equity is added and also before and after July 23 2024 must have taken a month to put things in place. Some day I hope more people join IT cos and then they will know that it's not just clicking buttons. Even a small addition to a thing affects whole code.

I live in bangalore and guess my job. Please don't preach to me. With the resources and money government makes, maybe they can actually employ proper professionals. And not some interns from Infosys.

 

[desiviru]

It's good that TF has ignore user button. 🙄