New Delhi, July 4: In a major relief for taxpayers amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Centre on Wednesday announced the extension of the due date for filing income tax returns (ITR) for the financial year 2019-20. The deadline for filing income tax returns (ITR) for FY 2019-20 has been extended till November 30, 2020. The announcement of the extension had been made by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in May this year. ITR Filing Deadline For FY19 Extended Till July 31; PAN-Aadhaar Linkage Till March 2021.

"Understanding and keeping in mind the times that we are in, we have further extended deadlines. Now, filing of ITR for FY 2019-20 is extended to 30th Nov, 2020. We do hope this helps you plan things better," read a tweet by the Income Tax department. Sitharaman had in May announced that the due date of all income tax returns for FY 2019-20 will be extended from July 31, 2020, October 31, 2020, to November 30, 2020. How to Link Aadhaar Card to PAN Card Before June 30, 2020 Deadline: Know Online and Offline Ways to Link PAN Number and Aadhaar Number.

She had also announced to extend the deadline for tax audit from September 30, 2020, to October 31, 2020. The government has extended the date of assessments getting barred on September 30, 2020, to December 31, 2020, and those getting barred on March 31, 2021, to September 30, 2021. The Centre earlier extended the deadline for filing income tax returns (ITR) for 2018-19 fiscal by a month till July 31, 2020. The Centre also extended the time limit for linking biometric Aadhaar with PAN till March 31, 2021.

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