On 9 September 2021, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a press release announcing the deadline extensions for filing income tax returns and various audit reports for the 2021-22 tax year due to some difficulties reported by taxpayers and stakeholders. The extensions were provided by Circular No. 17/2021.
According to the CBDT press release, the due date of furnishing the Income Tax Return for the Assessment Year 2021-22, which was 30 September 2021, has been further extended to 31 December 2021. The CBDT also extended the ITR filing deadline for companies till 31 January 2022. The due date for filing the tax audit report and transfer pricing certificate has been extended to 15 January 2022 and 31 January 2022, respectively. For filing a belated or revised return of income, the last date has been extended by another two months to 31 March 2022.
