Due date for filing Income Tax returns extended till September 7, 2015

The central government on August 2, 2015  extended the last date for filing income tax (IT) return by a week to September 7, 2015.

"Due date for filing Income Tax return extended till 7th September, 2015," the finance ministry said in a tweet. The earlier date was August 31, 2015

Earlier, the income tax (IT) department had extended the last date for filing I-T returns by residents of Gujarat to September 7, 2015  following disruption of normal life due to agitation over reservation to Patel community in the state.

The tax department has notified a new set of ITR forms, including a 3 page simplified one, for taxpayers to file their returns for assessment year 2015-16.

The tax payers base India is more than 4 crore.

The government aims to collect about Rs 7.98 lakh crore in direct taxes in the current financial year (2015-16). 

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