28-05-2025
Income Tax Return Due Date 2025 Extended: Here's Why You Should Avoid Filing ITR Before June 15
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Tax Deadline 2025 Extended: Form 16 is a certificate of TDS issued by an employer, detailing the salary structure and tax deductions at source.
Income Tax Return Filing 2025 Deadline Extended: The Central Board Department of Taxes has extended the due date of filing of ITRs to September 15, 2025 from July 31st 2025. The step has been taken to avoid inconvenience by taxpayers in hurry and offered adequate time for compliance of their returns.
CBDT in the press released informed that the notified ITRs for AY2025-26 have undergone structural and content revisions aimed at simplifying compliance, enhancing transparency and enabling accurate reporting. These changes have necessitated additional time for system development, integration, and testing of the corresponding utilities, CBDT informed.
CBDT added that it has extended deadline to September 15, given time required for system readiness and rollout of Income Tax Return (ITR) utilities for Assessment Year (AY) 2025-26.
Tax department has delayed the notifications of all ITR forms for AY2025-26, which usually happen in advance. ITR-U has been notified recently on May 15. Even though forms are available, salaried taxpayers should avoid filing returns before June 15.
Why Should Salaried Taxpayers Avoid Filing ITRs Before June 15 Even Though Utilities Commence Working?
Basically, Form 16 is a certificate of TDS issued by an employer, detailing the salary structure and tax deductions at source. It also contains the income earned, exemptions under sections like 80C and 80D and other deductions.
It is issued by the employer by June 15 every tax season. That's why salary taxpayers should avoid filing their ITR before June 15.
If you don't have Form 16, you can still file your ITR.
If you don't have Form 16, Form 26AS becomes essential. It's a tax credit statement showing the amount of tax deducted at source (TDS), tax collected at source (TCS), details of advance tax paid, and any high-value transactions made.
How to Download Form 26AS
First Published:
May 28, 2025, 10:25 IST
