Although July 31 was the due date for filing returns for the financial year 2022-23 (AY 2023-24), the Income Tax department has given time till December 31, 2023 to those who have missed filing the returns.
ITR filing: Those who wish to send the ITR-V in a hard copy can send it through the usual address through speed post only to Centralised Processing Centre, Income Tax Department, Bengaluru-560500, Karnataka.
ITR filing deadline: Taking the 63.47 lakh returns filed on the last day, the total number of ITRs for the 2021-22 fiscal filed till 10 pm went past 5.73 crore.
Income Tax return filing deadline: The department issued a public message through its official Twitter handle asking taxpayers, largely individuals and salaried class, to file their returns within the due date of July 31.