As the last date for filing of income tax return is ending today, the income tax department has received more than 5.10 crores income tax returns so far out of 10,51,20,151 individual registered users.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), on Saturday announced considering the rush, the department has launched a helpline in order to assist the taxpayers in filing the return.
“More than 5.10 crore ITRs have been filed till 30th July,2022. Over 57.51 lakh #ITRs were filed on 30th July,2022 itself. Do remember to file yours, if not filed as yet. #FileNow to avoid late fee. Today is the due dt to file #ITR for AY 2022-23 Pl visit: http://incometax.gov.in,” the income tax department tweeted today morning from its official twitter handle.
Earlier, the Central Government has clarified that there will not be any extension for the income tax return filing for the year 2022-23.
“Government not considering extending July 31 deadline for filing income tax returns,” the official twitter handle of the Press Trust of India tweeted today.
Post this, the tax practitioners all over the country was urging the Government to extend the due date citing technical reasons including the glitches on the income tax portal. However, there is no hints from the Government so far for the extension of due date.
The Income Tax Act, 1961 provides a number of penal provisions to curb tax evasion and penalize the defaulters in case of non-filing of returns and non/short payment of income tax.
A penalty of Rs 5,000 will be charged for the delay in filing returns if the total income to be reported exceeds Rs 5 lakh. For small taxpayers, if the total income of the person is less than Rs 5 lakh, then the fee payable is up to Rs 1,000.
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