Taxpayers urge I-T department to extend ITR due date as portal throws glitches

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With just three days left to file the Income Tax Return (ITR) for the financial year 2020-21, many taxpayers on Tuesday complained of technical problems with the ITR portal.

The due date for filing the return for AY21-22 is December 31. The Centre had extended the ITR filing due date to December 31 from July 31 earlier in the year.

However, taxpayers demanded further extension of the due date and complained that the tax filing portal was hanging repeatedly.

On Monday, #Extend_Due_Date_Immediately started trending on Twitter.

"Is 31st December an extended due date for Software Developer or Taxpayer as Taxpayer has got much lesser time than the one prescribed..Therefore the message should be '31st December is the extended due date for Developer but not Taxpayer'," a Twitter user wrote.

"Thank you @Infosys and @IncomeTaxIndia for such a wonderful portal, new errors and new glitches every day," another tweeted.

Meanwhile, the Income Tax Department stated that a total of 4,67,45,249 ITRs were filed up to December 27.

"Sharing the statistics of Income Tax Returns filed till 27.12.2021. A total of 4,67,45,249 #ITRs have been filed upto 27.12.2021 including 15,49,831 #ITRs filed on the day itself. For any assistance, pl connect on orm@cpc.incometax.gov.in We will be glad to assist," a tweet from the official handle of the Income Tax Department read.