ITR EDUCATION DATE: Why did the center extend the last day to submit income tax return?

ITR EDUCATION DATE: The Central Council of Direct Tax (CBDT) in a late night statement Monday extended the deadline on Monday to submit ITR (income tax return), in a relief for taxpayers. The ITR submission date has been extended by a day to September 16, which means the last date to submit ITR is today. In a statement released late Monday night, the CBDT said he was extending income tax ITR Submission date from September 15 to September 16. “The deadline for the submission of income tax returns (ITRS) for AY 2025-26, originally on July 31, 2025, was extended to September 15, 2025. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has decided to further extend the expiration date for the submission of these ITRs for AY 2025-26 from September 15, 2025 to 16 September, 2025,” said. The official X handle of the Income Tax Division also confirmed the news and informed that the ITR launch portion was dropping from 12 to 02:30 on September 16. “To enable changes in the aid programs, the e-filing portal will remain in the maintenance mode on September 16, 2025 from 12:00 to 02:30,” it said. Why has the center increased the ITR delivery date? The Income Tax ITR EDUCATION DATE COME COME AFTER USERS on social media complained about the official income tax portal. Since September 14, Saturday, complaints about social media of taxpayers and chartered accountants have moved in that they could not submit ITR due to problems on the official portal. Users marked a slow website and said that the income tax portal is lower. They demanded an extension of the income tax ITR submission date. ‘The current state of the income tax portal is pathetic, slow, glitchy and non-functional. Taxpayers and professionals are helpless. Request @incometaxindia @finminindia to kindly expand the deadlines, ‘a user noted. “The government must realize that taxpayers are also a voting bank !! They should not be taken for granted and must be at the grace of non-functional income tax portal portal that the expiry date must be extended immediately, as many taxpayers still struggle,” Ca Chrag Chauhan wrote in a post on X. Before expanding the ITR parts of the Deadline, the revenue department said that more than 7.3 crore people had submitted. ‘A record 7.3 crore+ ITRs were submitted until September 15, 2025, which exceeded last year’s 7.28 crore. We thank the taxpayers and professionals for their timely compliance, ‘it rang in a post on X. The e-filing portal faced major traffic on Monday, which was the last date for submitting ITRs for AY 2025-26. Monday was the last date for the payment of the second quarterly delivery of advance tax for the continued financial year.