Income Tax Return (ITR) due date extended to August 31, 2019

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday i.e. July 23, 2019 has hereby extended the due date for filing of Income Tax Return (ITR) for the FY 2018-19 by individuals from July 31, 2019 to August 31, 2019.

The extension was granted after the ministry received appeals from various Chartered Accountants and Tax Practioners for the extension of the due date for filing of Income Tax Returns for Individuals.

This year CBDT had extended the deadline for emoployers to file their TDS Returns i.e Form 24Q from May 31, 2019 to June 30, 2019 and therefore consequently the deadline for issuing Form 16 by the employer was also extended to July 31, 2019 from June 15, 2019. This was one the main reasons for the extension of the deadline for extension of ITR for individuals to August 31, 2019.