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Income Tax Return: Income Tax Department extends ITR filing deadline for FY2024-25 to September 15, 2025.<\/h2>\n
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Income Tax Return (ITR) Filing Deadline 2025:<\/strong> As the date for the income tax return (ITR) filing for FY2024-25 (Assessment year 2025-26) nears, the taxpayers are scrambling to file their ITRs before September 15, 2025.<\/p>\n

The income tax department has extended the deadline for the ITR filing for FY2024-25 (Assessment Year 2025-26) for 45 days to September 15, 2025, from July 30, 2025. This new due date applies to individuals, Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) and other taxpayers whose accounts don\u2019t require auditing.<\/p>\n

Even though many associations and CAs are advocating to extend the due date further due to technical glitches, severe rainfalls, outages, and data mismatches in AIS and Form 26AS, there\u2019s a no official update from tax department.<\/p>\n

With about half of the total filers having already completed their filings, Avinash Polepally, Business Head at ClearTax said, it\u2019s evident that an extension is not likely to occur.<\/p>\n

What Happens If You Miss The Due Date?<\/h3>\n

In case, if you miss the due date, which is September 15, then you two options:<\/p>\n

Taxpayers have two options:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    File ITR-U under Section 139(8A), which allows filing up to four years from the end of the relevant assessment year, subject to additional tax ranging from 25% to 70%.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Apply for condonation of delay under Section 119(2)(b) and, upon approval, file ITR under Section 139(9A) without paying additional tax or interest.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u201cThe condonation of delay is a special relief mechanism provided by the Income Tax Department to help genuine taxpayers avoid financial penalties,” the CBDT noted in its circular.<\/p>\n

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    How to File ITR After Condonation Approval<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Taxpayers whose condonation requests have been approved can file their ITRs under Section 139(9A) using the offline utility on the e-Filing portal. The process includes:<\/p>\n