Smita Pani: [World Malayali Club] CBDT extends the date for filing income tax return for Assessment Year 2016- 2017 from July 31st to August 5th, 2016

Sunday 31 July 2016

[World Malayali Club] CBDT extends the date for filing income tax return for Assessment Year 2016- 2017 from July 31st to August 5th, 2016

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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
29-July-2016 20:47 IST

CBDT extends the date for filing income tax return for Assessment Year 2016- 2017 from July 31st to August 5th, 2016

As per provisions of Section 139(1) of Income-tax Act 1961, Central Board of Direct Taxes extends the due date for filing returns of Income for Assessment Year 2016- 2017 from 31st July, 2016 to August 5th, 2016, in case of taxpayers throughout India who are liable to file their Income-tax by 31st July, 2016.

This extension is given in order to avoid any inconvenience to the taxpayers while making payment of taxes pertaining to returns of income for Assessment Year 2016- 2017 by 31st July, 2016 due to reports of Bank strike on 29th July,2016(Friday) and 31st July,2016 (Sunday), being a Bank-Holiday .

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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
29-July-2016 20:59 IST

CBDT extends the due date for filing income tax returns for the State of Jammu Kashmir

As per provisions of Section 119 of Income-tax Act, 1961('Act') , Central Board of Direct Taxes extends the due date for filing income-tax returns from 31st July, 2016 to 31st August ,2016 , in case of Income-tax assessees in the State of Jammu Kashmir who are required to file their return under Section 139(1) of the Act. This extension is given on consideration of reports of dislocation of general life in certain areas of the State of Jammu Kashmir.

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