Income Tax Return (ITR) Filing Due Dates AY 2025-26: The deadline to file income tax return for AY 2025-26 (FY2024-25) is September 15, 2025, but not for everyone. There are different types of assessees for whom the Income Tax Department fixes different dates every year to help them comply with their ITR obligation.
Taxpayers whose accounts do not need an audit have to file their tax returns before September 15 this year. These assessees got an additional 46 days to complete their tax return filing responsibility after the finance ministry extended the July 31 deadline, almost two months in advance.
Following is the full list of ITR filing due dates for AY 2025-26 for different types of assessees:
-Individuals, HUFs (Hindu Undivided Families), AOPs (Association of Persons), Body of Individuals (BOIs) whose accounts are not liable to be audited need to file their income tax return till September 15, 2025.
-Businesses and professionals whose accounts need to be audited will have time till October 31, 2025 to file their tax return.
-If the assessee is required to furnish a report of transfer pricing (TP) audit in Form 3CEB, the due date for filing of an ITR remains 30 November 2025.
– If the assessee is a partner in a firm, who is required to furnish a report of transfer pricing audit in Form 3CEB, the ITR filing deadline is 30t November 2025.
-In case taxpayers whose accounts need to be audited miss this September 15 deadline, they can file a belated income tax return before December 31, 2025, with a penalty up to Rs 5,000.
Filing your tax return this year? Head to our detailed ITR Guide for everything you need to know.
What happens if you miss the extended ITR filing deadline of September 15?
The Income Tax Department will levy a penalty of Rs 1,000 if your total taxable income is less than Rs 5 lakh. But, in case this amount is more than Rs 5 lakh, you will be charged a penalty of Rs 5,000 under Section 234F.
Not only the penalty, the government also imposes an interest on tax due in case of missing the original ITR deadline. If you have not paid the tax, then you will have to pay interest of 1% every month on it (under section 234A).
If you do not file your income tax return on time, you will be deprived of carrying forward some losses in the future, which may also reduce the opportunities to save tax.
Will the govt extend the ITR filing due date yet again?
The finance ministry has already extended the due date, from July 31 to September 15. Another extension totally depends on the next one week or 10 days go for ITR filers, feel experts. They are of the view that if the tax return filing process runs smooth and there are no technical glitches and an adequate number of taxpayers file their returns, then the chances of due date extension are low.
If we take a look at the overall number of tax returns filed so far, over 4 crore ITRs have been submitted so far till September 1, 2025, which is around 50% if compared with last year’s numbers till the close of deadline (July 31, 2024). The ITR filing pace will definitely pick up over the next few days and if this figure goes up to over 7 crore, the government might not extend the due date again.