Income Tax return Due date extended to 05.08.2016

Order under Section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961

NEW DELHI: The last date for filing income-tax returns has been extended to August 5. 

Tax returns for 2015-16 (assessment year 2016-17) were originally to be filed by July 31. But in view of the day-long strike at public sector banks, the deadline has been extended to August 5. 

On consideration of reports of Bank strike on 29th July, 2016 (Friday) and the 31st July, 2016 (Sunday), being a Bank-Holiday, in order to avoid any inconvenience to the taxpayers while making payment of taxes pertaining to returns of income for Assessment Year 2016-2017, which are required to be filed by 31st July, 2016 as per provisions of Section 139(1) of Income-tax Act, 1961, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of powers conferred under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, hereby extends the ‘due-date’ for filing such returns of Income from 31st July, 2016 to 5th August, 2016, in case of taxpayers throughout India who are liable to file their Income-tax return by the said `due-date’

For Jammu and Kashmir, the deadline will be August 31 in view of the ongoing turmoil in the state. "In view of today's bank strike and disturbance in J&K, the due date of IT return filing is being extended," Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said in a tweet on Friday.

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