More than 5 crore income tax returns have been filed for the annual year 2024-25 as of July 26, according to the Income Tax Department. The department thanked taxpayers and tax professionals for helping it reach the milestone, in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
"We urge all those who haven't filed ITR for AY 2024-25, to file their ITR at the earliest to avoid last minute rush," it said in the post.
We express our gratitude to the taxpayers & tax professionals for helping us reach the milestone of 5 crore Income Tax Returns (ITRs).
July 26, 2024
Over 5 crore ITRs for AY 2024-25 have already been filed till 26th of July this year as compared to 27th of July last year.
We urge all those… pic.twitter.com/PNPnRQdf44"This is 8% more than the ITRs filed in the preceding year. Over 28 lakh ITRs were received on 26th July itself," it said.
Infosys Ltd. is the technology partner of the department, for operating the e-filing portal and has been instructed to ensure uninterrupted services, it said in another post on the social media platform.
The information technology major has assured uninterrupted services during e-filing peak period, the IT department said.
The last day to file the income tax return for this fiscal in on Wednesday, July 31.
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