CBDT extends nonaudit ITR deadline to Sept 16 due to portal glitches

The Central Board of Direct Taxes late on Monday extended the deadline for filing income tax returns for assessment year 2025-26 by one day, moving the due date for nonaudit taxpayers from September 15 to September 16, 2025, the board said in a statement issued just before midnight. The short extension applies to individuals, Hindu Undivided Families, pensioners, nonresident Indians and others whose accounts do not require audit; returns requiring audit remain due on October 31.

The CBDT said the efiling portal will be placed in maintenance mode from 12 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. on September 16 to enable changes in the filing utilities, and that a formal notification would be issued separately. The announcement followed complaints from chartered accountants and taxpayers about technical glitches on the income tax efiling site, which users said caused login failures, frozen screens and interrupted sessions in the run-up to the original deadline.

This year the usual July 31 deadline for nonaudit ITRs had already been pushed to September 15 after the tax department delayed release of updated ITR forms and made several tweaks to reflect interim budget changes to the capital gains tax...