CBDT due dates entension Alert- Income tax dates | ITR filling date | tax filling extension

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has further extended the due dates for furnishing of income tax return filling and tax audit reports for the A.Y. 2020-21. The new due dates have been given in the below table.

In view of constraints being faced by taxpayers due to COVID-19. The due dates of furnishing income tax returns for taxpayers whose accounts require to be audited has been extended to 31st January 2021.

In view of the challenges faced by taxpayers in meeting the statutory and regulatory compliances due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Government brought the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020 (‘the Ordinance’) on 31st March, 2020 which, inter alia, extended various time limits. The Ordinance has since been replaced by the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act.