In order to reduce the hardship of people already reeling under the effects of the covid-19 pandemic, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Friday that the last date of filing income tax returns (ITR) for individual taxpayers for assessment year 2020-21 has been extended till 30 November 2020.
The usual deadline for filing ITR is 31 July. The deadline for filing ITR by taxpayers whose accounts are required to be audited has also been extended till 31 October from the usual 30 September.
The deadline for assessment of returns under Section 143(3) has been extended from 30 September 2020 to 31 December 2020 and under Section 143(1) has been extended from 31 March 2021 to 30 September 2021. “All the dues dates are for annual