Income Tax returns filing deadline extended to October 31

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: The government on Thursday extended the last date of filing of audit report and the return of income for the Assessment Year 2015-16 to October 31.

In order to avoid discrimination between tax payers residing in different jurisdictions and to be fair to all, and also in view of paucity of time to approach the Supreme Court by way of Special Leave Petition, the  Government has decided that across the country, all the returns of income and  audit reports which were due for e-filing by 30th Sept, may now be filed by
31stOctober, 2015.  

The government had received representations from various stakeholders seeking extension of date for filing of returns and tax audit reports beyond September 30.