To facilitate ease of compliance by the taxpayers, CBDT has extended the date in the following cases:-

i.     Aadhaar was to be linked with PAN by 31st August, 2017. The date for linking Aadhaar with PAN has been extended till 31st December, 2017;

ii.     The ‘due-date’ for filing Income Tax Returns and various reports of audit prescribed under the Income-tax Act,1961 has been extended from 30th September, 2017 to 31st October, 2017 for all taxpayers who were liable to file their Income Tax Returns by 30th September, 2017.

Aadhaar-PAN linking deadline extended; filing deadline for income tax returns and tax audit reports also extended. Extension of statutory compliance deadlines: Aadhaar-PAN linking requirement deadline has been extended to facilitate taxpayer compliance, giving taxpayers additional time to link Aadhaar with PAN. Concurrently, the due date for filing Income Tax Returns and prescribed tax audit reports for those whose return due date fell on the earlier deadline has been extended, postponing the statutory filing timeline for returns and audit report submissions.