F. No. 225/157/2019/ITA.II
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Direct Taxes
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North-Block, ITA-II Division
New Delhi, the 23rd of July, 2019
Order under Section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
The ‘due-date’ for filing income-tax returns for Assessment-Year 2019-20 is 31.07.2019 for certain categories of taxpayers. It has been reported that some of the taxpayers are facing difficulties in filing their income- tax returns due to various reasons including extension of due date for issue of Form 16 for the Assessment-Year 2019-20.
- In this regard, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of its powers conferred under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘Act’), hereby extends the ‘due-date’, as prescribed under section 139(1) of the Act, for filing income-tax returns from 31st July, 2019 to 31st August, 2019 in cases of all taxpayers who are liable to file their income-tax returns by the said ‘due-date’.
(Rajarajeswari R.)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Copy to:-
- PS to F.M./OSD to FM/PS to MOS(F)
- PS to Finance/Revenue Secretary
- Chairman (CBDT), All Members, CBDT
- All Pr.CCsIT/CCsIT/Pr.DsGIT/DsGIT
- All Joint Secretaries/CslT, CBDT
- Directors/Deputy Secretaries/Under Secretaries of Central Board of Direct Taxes
- ADG(Systems)-4 with a request to place the order on official income-tax website
- CIT (M& TP), Official Spokesperson of CBDT with a request to publicise widely
- CIT, Data Base Cell for placing it on irsofficers website
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, IP Estate, New Delhi
- All Chambers of Commerce
(RajMajeswarr R.)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Source: Income Tax