Income Tax Return Filing (ITR) Due Date for AY 2025-26 Latest Update: The last date to file the income tax return (ITR) for AY 2025-26 (FY 2024-25) is just 12 days away now, and all eyes are on the Income Tax (I-T) Department to see if the due date gets another extension.
The finance ministry in May this year extended the due date to file the return for AY2025-26 till September 15 from July 31 originally. The government cited technical and operational reasons behind the move, such as “extensive changes” in the ITR forms and utilities and “system readiness”. The tax department believed that the additional 46 days would allow assessees to prepare well for the tax filing season.
Will the government extend the ITR filing due date beyond September 15?
One question that is playing on the mind of every taxpayer now is whether the finance ministry will extend the income tax return filing deadline further. Since we are still 12 days away from the extended deadline, it is difficult to say with conviction at this point whether the due date will be stretched further or not. Experts are of the view that the pace of return filing and system preparedness over the next few days or a week will decide if another extension is needed or not.
Meanwhile, tax professionals are taking to social media to express concerns over portal glitches hampering the return filing process. Many individual taxpayers have also raised such issues. Due to technical issues faced by users, the verification and processing of tax returns are being affected, resulting in delayed refunds as well. Chartered accountants have also complained of delays in uploading documents and generating receipts after verification. Due to all these reasons, it is believed that the Income Tax Department might extend the ITR deadline yet again.
The following are details about the number of income tax returns filed, verified and processed as of September 3, 2025:
Income tax returns (ITRs) filed
The Income Tax Department website shows that around 4,35,35,441 income tax returns have been filed till September 2, 2025.
Income tax returns verified
Of the total ITRs filed, 4,12,74,275 income tax returns have been verified as of September 2, 2025.
Income tax returns processed
The Income Tax Department has processed 2,92,10,555 returns filed so far by taxpayers for the AY 2025-26.
How many ITRs were filed till July 31 last year?
According to government data, around 7.28 crore income tax returns (ITRs) were filed till July 31 for the AY 2024-25 (FY 2023-24). Overall, more than 9.19 crore tax returns were filed in FY2024-25.