ITR filing due date extended: What is the new deadline? Why was it pushed back?

The ITRs e-filing portal faced a technical glitch on Monday after it faced a huge traffic due to the deadline.

People who have not filed their income tax return yet for assessment year 2025-26 can still do so without paying any fine as the Income Tax department has extended the deadline by one more day till Tuesday, September 16.

Earlier, the deadline for filing ITR without any fine was Monday, September 15. This income tax return would be filed for assessment year 2025-26 for the income made in financial year 2024-2025.

Why was the ITR deadline extended? The due date for the filing of the income tax return for this year was extended on Monday by the Income Tax department because the filings were disrupted due to technical glitches on the earlier deadline, September 15, reported news agency PTI.

To facilitate further filings of ITRs, the due date has been extended by one day (16th September 2025), the Central Board of Direct Taxes said.

This reportedly happened since the ITRs e-filing portal faced a technical glitch on Monday due to huge traffic because of the deadline. Additionally, Monday was also the due day for the payment of the second quarterly instalment of advance tax for the ongoing fiscal year.

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