ITR Filing 2025: Only 30 Days Left – Will the Deadline Be Extended?

ITR Filing 2025: Taxpayer can have additional time in filing returns in case their request to extend due date is granted by the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI). The chamber, in a letter to the CBDT on Friday as reported by ET Wealth, said the delays in issuing utilities under ITR filing process for the assessment year 202526 have lagged by almost 3 months as compared to previous years. Lots of forms were not yet available towards the beginning of August and there was not much time to prepare.

The constantly varying utilities and the slowness of updating the software contribute to the stress, especially in the regions with rather poor internet coverage.

GCCI has also advocated a fresh deadline in tax audits which is September 30.

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It is notable that despite relief to people not undergoing a tax audit by the central government which shifted the deadline of filling ITRs to September 15, 2025, instead of July 31, 2025, the proposal did not provide much respite. The ITR forms had been issued late as compared to normal and hence taxpayers had minimal additional time to get ready and submit. This becomes the major reason that GCCI has presented its representation to seek advance extension.

The chamber continued to note that the frequent change of the utilities including the poor internet facilities in the various regions have given taxpayers and other professionals lesser time to make proper filings, according to ET Wealth report. It has equally asked to postpone the deadline of September 30, 2018, on tax audit reports.

Dates of release of latest Income Tax Return (ITR) utilities and forms will be:

All the four had been released in between May, June and July in the form of ITR- 1, ITR -2, ITR-3 and ITR-4.

ITR-5 came out on 8 August 2025.

Since 15 August 2025, ITR-6 Excel Utility is published.

ITR-7 is yet to be published.

Form 3CA-3CD became effective on 29 July 2025.

The form 3CB-3CD appeared 29 July 2025.

Taxpayer Different Deadlines:

Deadline: September 15 -If You Do Not Need Audit

Tax department has left the tax payers without need of audit to file the taxes up to a later date. These include the changes in the form of the income tax, new slabs under the new income tax and capital gains tax have led to the extension of the dates.

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Whose ITR Can Be Filed Till October, 31 2025?

The companies, proprietorship, and any working partner in a firm whose account has to be audited have until October 31, 2025, to submit their income tax returns (ITR) on the financial year 2024-25 (assessment year 2025-26).

They will do that later, but before them, they must first certify that their audit report is filed no later than September 30, 2025. So far the Income Tax Department has not declared any extension to this time limit.

Final Date to People With International Dealings

In case a taxpayer engages in international transactions or some specified domestic transactions, it becomes mandatory that he must file a report under Section 92E. Here, ITR fill up date is November 30, 2025.

They need to deliver their audit report no later than October 31, 2025 in order to adhere to this timeline. The government has not provided an update about extending this due date just as it has done in other categories.

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