Deadline Extension with 2.5 Hours TDS for Maintenance by IT Dept! Taxpayers and Professionals still Furious
Deadline Extension with 2.5 Hours TDS for Maintenance by IT Dept: Taxpayers and Professionals still Furious
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has once again extended the due date for filing Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for AY 2025-26—this time from 15th September 2025 to 16th September 2025. Also Read:[BREAKING] CBDT extends ITR Deadline by 1 Day following Portal Issues The extension, announced late in the evening of 15th September, comes with a major caveat: the Income...
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has once again extended the due date for filing Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for AY 2025-26—this time from 15th September 2025 to 16th September 2025.
The extension, announced late in the evening of 15th September, comes with a major caveat: the Income Tax e-filing portal will remain in maintenance mode between 12:00 AM and 2:30 AM on 16th September 2025.
The “official” press release using X (formerly Twitter) from CBDT, signed by V. Rajitha, Commissioner of Income Tax and Spokesperson of CBDT, confirmed that the extension is to facilitate “smooth filing.” The IT portal itself displayed a notice reiterating the extension but also informed users about the 2.5-hour downtime for system updates.
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The move has sparked frustration across the community of Chartered Accountants (CA), Company Secretaries (CS), Cost Accountants (CMA), and tax consultants. Professionals argue that a mere one-day extension coupled with planned downtime is hardly a relief.
Here are a few tweets on X regarding the one-day extension:
https://x.com/RjtAg222/status/1967655917685780779
https://x.com/rhoeshan/status/1967655496657338769
https://x.com/camalhotra/status/1967659229122269490
https://x.com/Nifty1014/status/1967657745320182019
Raising a legally valid doubt, an X user asked:
https://x.com/debasishg/status/1967655907845918791
The extension follows repeated glitches on the e-filing portal in the days leading up to the 15th September deadline. Many taxpayers reported login failures, error messages in ITR-4 forms, and delays in OTP verifications, forcing them to work through the night.
https://x.com/akhilpachori/status/1967655665075454389
https://x.com/practice_guru/status/1967656451155116198
Tax experts say the stress has reached breaking levels.
While the CBDT has positioned the extension as taxpayer-friendly, the perception among professionals and taxpayers remains bleak. Many feel that the credibility of the tax system is at stake if the IT backbone cannot handle peak load periods.
The midnight extension to 16th September 2025, combined with the planned 2.5-hour downtime, has left taxpayers and professionals more exasperated than relieved. As the clock ticks toward the final deadline, the profession braces itself for yet another day of portal crashes, sleepless nights, and mounting frustration.
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