Income tax: Why do almost everyone want ITR to be extended further than September 15?

Income Tax: The last date to submit an income tax return is September 15, 2025. So far, only five returns have been submitted in the crore across India, the latest data from the Department of Income Tax (IT) have been submitted as on September 8. From this, 4.72 crore yields are verified and 3.39 crore yields processed. Last year, a total of 7.28 crore ITRs were submitted until the last date. However, some experts want the tax return deadline to be extended. They argue that the Excel utility functions of most income tax forms are fairly released late, providing insufficient time to submit the returns. The online tools of ITR-1 and ITR were released on June 4. The ITR-2 online program was released on July 17, and the ITR-3 utility was released on July 30. Date tax return form released 29 May 2025 ITR-1 and ITR-4 Excel Utilities released June 4, 2025 ITR-1 and ITR-4 online utilities released 11 July 2025 ITR-3 Excel Utilities released 17 July 2025 ITR-2 Online Utility on 30 July 2025 ITR-3 Aug 2025 ITR-5 ITR-5 Excel released. Excel Utility released (Source: incometax.gov.in) Problems in abundance A number of taxpayers expressed their anxiety because for various reasons they could not submit their return on time. One RK Chatterjee wrote on X that the AIS (annual Information Statement) is not accessible to the e-filing portal. “The AIS portal begins every year, as the filing perpetrate begins its usual drama -empty screens, login problems, zero access. Taxpayers are left helpless on crunch time,” he wrote. Ca Pratibha Goyal, meanwhile, told Livemint that some CAs are demanding an extension for a variety of reasons. “This includes the late release of ITR assistance programs, issues regarding the income tax portal and the collision of dates with the deadline for audit (September 30),” she says. Another CA Sanjay Ramavat also made the same complaint by writing that AIS, TIS is not accessible. One user, Mathew Dsouza, wrote satirically that if the IT section could not extend the expiration date, despite their own delays, why do they need 1+ years to process returns? Another user who calls the name of RS & Company also requested the department to expand the expiry date immediately by mentioning the performance of pathetic site. One chartered accountant, Nitin Kaushik, cited several reasons as a reason for the expansion, from the late release of forms to the floods. ‘If the government does not offer an expansion for tax returns this year (late forms, portal errors, flooded everywhere). I would have no hope for professionals, ‘he wrote. Visit here for all updates for personal finance