Govt Does Not Extend ITR Deadline Despite Flood Of Complaints About Portal¡¯s Slowness & Glitches

Just like most of the previous years, the government did not extend the ITR filing deadline of July 31st this time as well. This comes despite many tax filers complaining of slowness and glitches pertaining to the government¡¯s income tax filing website.

Many Twitter (now X) users posted their grievances on the social networking platform, even tagging the official handle of the income tax department, @IncomeTaxIndia, which has 14 lakh followers.

Twitter Flooded With Tax Filers' Complaints

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Despite all the complaints that flooded in over the last few days, the finance ministry did not extend the ITR deadline. Many users also tweeted, requesting an extension of the deadline.

#Extend_Due_Date@nsitharaman @IncomeTaxIndia @FinMinIndia
Due to heavy rain in all across India. It's effective to work,this month is quarter ending for TDS,lumsum GST return filing,ITR filing. So please understand situation and#Extend_Due_Date upto sep23 @CAclubindia @theicai

¡ª Hitesh Shah BJP (@hiteshjune19722) July 28, 2023

@IncomeTaxIndia The ¡®proceed¡¯ button is not working. I¡¯m trying to file but the ¡®proceed¡¯ button is inactive. If I save my form in my next login data gets lost. @Infosys @NandanNilekani Please create quality products @PMOIndia #tax

¡ª Anita Mukherjee (@AnitaMukerji) July 29, 2023

Portal is taking double time, means working slowly. No doubt work is going on and government eyes on public money in the name of late fee,

¡ª IQBAL AHMAD Tax Consultant (@iqbalahmad1968) July 30, 2023

Not able to submit ITR 1 as in the final verification step the website is showing as ¡®service unavailable¡¯

¡ª Nitul (@nitul_choudhury) July 28, 2023

@IncomeTaxIndia the portal is down seems. Plz confirm by when it would be up pic.twitter.com/Qjle71GMSv

¡ª Amit Sharma (@AmitSharma20874) July 31, 2023

Representation by Income Tax Bar Association jointly with @agftc_guj for Extension of Due Date for filing ITR.#IncomeTax#Extend_Due_Date
@IncomeTaxIndia @FinMinIndia @nsitharamanoffc @nsitharaman pic.twitter.com/eOB53vr01F

¡ª CA GIRISH LADDA (@cagirishladda) July 26, 2023

ITR Due Date: Gujarat Tax Advocates Association represents to Extend Due Date to 31st August 2023#IncomeTaxReturn #IncomeTax #tax #ITRFiling #Extend_Due_Date

¡ª Vinod K Agrawal & Associates, CA (@caindurg) July 28, 2023

Also Read: Watch Out For These Penalties If You Fail To File Your ITR By 31 July

How Many People Filed The ITR This Time?

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Yesterday evening, just a few hours before the July 31 deadline got over, the income tax department tweeted, "Income Tax Department scales a new peak!

More than 6.50 crore ITRs have been filed so far (31st July), out of which about 36.91 lakh ITRs have been filed today till 6 p.m.! We have witnessed more than 1.78 crore successful logins on the e-filing portal till 6 p.m. today."

Income Tax Department scales a new peak!

More than 6.50 crore ITRs have been filed so far (31st July), out of which about 36.91 lakh ITRs have been filed today till 6 pm!

We have witnessed more than 1.78 crore successful logins on the e-filing portal till 6 pm, today.

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¡ª Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) July 31, 2023

"To assist taxpayers for ITR filing, tax payment, and other related services, our helpdesk is functioning on a 24x7 basis, and we are providing support through calls, live chats, WebEx sessions, and social media. We extend our gratitude to taxpayers and tax professionals for helping us reach this milestone and urge all those who haven't filed their ITR for AY 2023¨C24 to file their ITR."

The income tax department also replied to many users' complaints with possible resolutions, as many were rushing to file the ITR in the last hours of deadline day.

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