REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF LAST DATES TO FILE ITR, REPORTS AND FORMS WELL IN ADVANCE

An open letter:

Honorable Finance Minister, and  CBDT, please announce extension of time  to file ITR ( non-audit cases) and for uploading Tax Audit Reports immediately and do not keep tax payers and return preparer under pressure till last moment- there are valid reasons for extension.

Extra work load due to delay in non-audit Returns:

Time originally was up to  31.07.25 but it was extended to 15.09.25 due to glitches in ITD portals, non- availability of information and documents on portal, un prepared ness to file forms and ITR etc.

Had filing of ROI (non audit cases) was completed earlier, some relaxation was expected. This would have made more time  available for Tax Audit and other audit functions.

Work load due to  reduced time causes more load on computers and software, operator and professionals

Work load on many computers and on internet causes slow working on computers with popular  software’s like accounting software, MS office, particularly  Excell, MS  word, PDF documentation, scanning and PDF etc.   required to prepare and upload  documents with concerned persons and for uploading on portals.

Dependency and essentiality for ITD Portals:

Now-a-days there is more essentiality and dependency on ITD portals for various reports in form and reports  like 26AS, TIS and AIS.

It is desirable to reconcile all information with information available on portals of ITD.

Many forms and Return of Income are to be uploaded. The sites are working very slow.

Damages of documents partially prepared and saved is also a problem. Many time data are corrupted or vanished as informed by some practioners.

Obtaining information and documents from  these portals is not easy and has become more time consuming and more uncertain. Many times pages are not opening.

Lengthy forms of ITR

Forms of ITR are very lengthy and many information sought are not result oriented. For example information of unquoted shares held, although there is no transaction and no impact on income. Information to divide dividend income and capital gains in periodical manner to be divided in  4 or 5 time sets. These information are not required in cases where there is no advance tax liability. These are just examples. Forms need thorough review to minimize information to be furnished without impacting revenue adversely.

Uploading of documents is also difficult and time consuming.

For example, screen shots of some pages are appended below. These just illustrated problems faced few hours ago and those problems are continuing at about 2 PM on 13.09.25

In view of above request is being made to all concerned to act promptly and announce extended dates for filing of ITR, Tax Audit Reports and various forms.