Income Tax Return Filing Deadline Extended: After massive outrage on social media, with taxfilers complaining of a glitch in the Income Tax Return portal on the last day of filing of the ITR, the Central Board of Direct Taxes finally caved in to the citizens’ demand and agreed to extend the due date by one day. In a late-night social media post on X, the Income Tax Department said that the due date was already extended from July 31st to September 15th earlier to facilitate ease of filing.
“The due date for filing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for AY 2025-26, originally due on 31st July 2025, was extended to 15th September 2025. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has decided to further extend the due date for filing these ITRs for AY 2025-26 from 15th September, 2025 to 16th September, 2025,” said the Income Tax Department.
The tax department said that to enable changes in the utilities, the e- filing portal will remain in maintenance mode from 12:00 AM to 02:30AM on 16th September 2025. Therefore, users can start filing their returns after 2.30AM.
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The due date for filing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for AY 2025-26, originally due on 31st July 2025, was extended to 15th September 2025.
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Notably, due to the heavy rush on the income tax’s website incometax.gov.in on the last day yesterday i.e. September 15, the website crashed continuously as tax-filers failed to submit their return. Many users faced issues with OTP, while others complained about the slow website.
Users took to social media and expressed their inability in filing the ITR despite repeated attempts. The users urged the government to extend the deadline, the tax department earlier claimed that the website was working normally. However, due to massive outrage on the social media, the CBDT finally extended the deadline by one day.
“A record 7.3 crore+ ITRs have been filed till 15th Sept 2025, surpassing last year’s 7.28 crore. We sincerely thank taxpayers & professionals for their timely compliance. To facilitate further filings of ITRs, the due date has been extended by one day (16th September 2025),” said the Income Tax Department on X.