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The Income Tax section connected Thursday (September 25, 2025) extended the deadline for submission of audit reports for the 2024-25 fiscal twelvemonth by 1 period till October 31.
In a statement, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said the income taxation instrumentality filing portal is moving smoothly and much than 7.57 crore ITRs person been filed till September 23, 2025.
Till September 24, astir 4.02 lakh taxation audit reports were uploaded with implicit 60,000 of them uploaded connected September 24 alone.
The CBDT said it has received representations from assorted nonrecreational associations, including chartered accountant bodies, highlighting definite difficulties being faced by taxpayers and practitioners successful timely completion of the audit report.
The reasons cited successful these representations see disruptions caused by floods and earthy calamities successful definite parts of the country, which person impeded mean concern and nonrecreational activity. This substance has besides travel up earlier High Courts.
"However, keeping successful presumption the practice of the taxation practitioners and their submissions earlier the Hon'ble Courts, the 'specified date' for furnishing of the study of audit nether immoderate proviso of the Income-Tax Act, 1961, for the erstwhile twelvemonth 2024-25 (Assessment Year 2025-26)… is extended from 30th September, 2025 to 31st October, 2025," the CBDT said.
It is clarified that the Income-Tax e-filing portal has been operating smoothly and without immoderate method glitches and the taxation audit reports are being uploaded successfully. The strategy is unchangeable and afloat functional, enabling submission of assorted statutory forms and reports, it added.
Faced with glitches connected the portal, the income taxation section had connected September 15 extended the deadline for filing ITR by individuals and those who bash not person to get their accounts audited by 1 day. Over 7.54 crore ITRs were filed till September 16. Of these, 1.28 crore taxpayers paid self-assessment taxation till September 16.
