ITR filing due date: More than 5.9 crore income-tax returns filed by 31 July, says tax department
More than 5.9 crore income-tax returns were filed for AY 2026–27 by 31 July, according to the Income-Tax India account on X.
The July 31 deadline applied to resident individuals using ITR-1 (Sahaj) and ITR-2 forms who are not required to undergo an audit.
Taxpayers filing ITR-3 and ITR-4 (Sugam) have deadlines of 31 August and 31 October, respectively.
The income-tax department has improved portal infrastructure to process up to 1 crore returns a day, and no extension has been announced.
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