1.36 Crore Returns Filed In April-June As Taxpayers Avoid Last-Minute Rush
NDTV
As per the comparativestatistics of ITR filing available on the I-T e-filing portal, over 70.34 lakh tax returns were filed in April-June 2022-23. This number surged 93.76 per cent to over 1.36 crore in April-June 2023-24.
The number of income tax returns filed between April-June 2023 nearly doubled to over 1.36 crore over the previous year, indicating early filing by taxpayers to avoid last-minute rush.
The last date for filing tax returns for income earned in the previous fiscal by individuals and those who do not need to get their accounts audited is July 31. So for income earned in 2022-23 (April-March) fiscal, the deadline to file ITR for this category of taxpayers was July 31, 2023.
In July, which is the last month of I-T return filing, over 5.41 crore returns were filed, taking the total number of filing to over 6.77 crore by the month-end.
