Extension of the Due date of filing ITR for AY 2022–23 till 31st August 2022
- A Representation from the Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants and the Income Tax Bar Association have been submitted to the Indian Minister of Finance and the Chairman of the CBDT to extend the date for submitting ITRs (Non-Audit & Salaried) for the AY 2022–23 from July 31 to August 31, 2022.
- The abovementioned bar association has given representation with regard to the extension of the timeframe for filing ITRs (For Non-audit Cases).
- The timeline date for filing ITR for Assessment Year 2022–23 should be required due to the reasons listed below, per the abovementioned demand.
- Substantial Increase in the Assessee base
- Schema and Utilities not released on time
- new Income Tax Portal have Technological Hurdles.
- Income Tax Portal need detailed Reporting
- IP Address related reported Issues
- Reliance & Automated Processing upon Auto Populated Data
- Last so many years, Income tax act reporting needs and Compliances have readily increased & dependence on the data populated via 3rd party compliances like TCS/ TDS & Multiple kind of statement of financial transaction is increasing. With the increase in the limit of turnover for audit u/s 44AB up to INR 10 Cr., the No of assessees, who are needed to file the Tax return by 31st July has increased than before.
- This is not related to only small and medium businesses that are not able to update details related to TDS/TCS and statement of financial transaction in time. There are many NBFCs & Listed companies, Banks who file their data late, which makes it really difficult for income tax taxpayers to determine their Actual tax Income tax liability and Income tax credits.
- By theses reason, Actual possibility for filing the ITR Return begin after 10th June, which leaves around 50 days including holidays & weekends up to the Timeline of 31st July.
- The ITR’s needed a lot of data as compared to past years. Income tax Computation under the head Capital Gain needed extra efforts to report due to ISIN reporting, grandfathering, etc. Financial Statements for non-corporate business entities formats are drastically changed. Moreover income from dividend required to be bifurcated in five parts for interest calculation u/s 234B & 234C.
- It is evident from social media handles & Public domain like Facebook, Twitter, where this year many Income Tax Experts and Income Tax taxpayers complaining about the portal not being accessible for multiple days.
- Last so many years, lot of changes in the forms of ITR’s. The Income tax utilities & schema are not released with in the Timeframe. A lot of tax Experts (i.e CA, CS, CWA ) depend upon 3rd party software Companies.
- All Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants and Income Tax Bar Association has representation that after considering above stated reason, Timeline for filing ITR under Section 139(1) for the assessee not needed to get books of accounts audited for the Assessment Year 2022-23 should be extended at least up to 31st Aug, 2022 at earliest.
