Income Tax Return filing 2025 Live Updates & FAQs: Extended deadline/due date ends soon; filed yet?
5 min read | Updated on September 10, 2025, 12:43 IST
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Income Tax Return (ITR) Filing FAQs and Live Updates on September 10, 2025: The extended ITR due date for AY 2025-26 ends on September 15. Will we see another last date extension? This blog answers various FAQs around ITR filing, including queries on ITR due date/deadline extension and more.
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ITR Filing 2025 FAQ Live: Will the ITR due date/deadline be extended?
No. The due date/deadline of Income Tax Return filing for FY 2024-25 may not be extended further.
The due date was already extended from July 31 to September 15.
Even as tax professionals have been demanding an immediate extension of the due date, the Income Tax Department has not responded to such requests.Instead, the tax department has been using its X handline to urger taxpayers to file their returns as soon as possible.
If you also haven't filed your return till now, do it fast to avoid the last-minute rush.
September 10, 2025, 12:30 PM
ITR filing due date 2025 Live: How many returns have been processed till now?
The Income Tax Department's e-filing portal shows only 3.48 crore verified returns have been processed till September 9, 2025.
Over 5.13 crore returns have been filed and more than 4.8 crore ITRs have been verified by taxpayers.
The due date/deadline is September 15, 2025.
September 10, 2025, 12:21 PM
ITR filing due date 2025: What will be the penalty if you don’t file ITR?
If you don’t file ITR within the due date, you can file a belated return. However, a late filing fee of ₹5,000 will be applicable if your income is more than ₹5 lakh. If your income is ₹5 lakh or less, the penalty is capped at ₹1,000.
Further, non-payment of tax attracts interest, penalty and prosecution. In case you fail to pay your tax liability, you can face rigorous imprisonment from 3 months to 2 years. If the evaded tax amount exceeds ₹25 lakh, the punishment could be 6 months to 7 years.
September 10, 2025, 12:18 PM
ITR filing due date 2025 Live: How many returns are yet to be filed between September 10 and September 15?
The Income Tax Department's e-filing portal shows 5,13,71,090 returns were filed till September 9, 2015. Of these, taxpayers have verified over 4.84 crore returns, while the Income Tax department has processed more than 3.48 crore verified returns.
On September 9, nearly 13 lakh returns were filed.
Around 8 crore taxpayers are estimated to file their returns in 2025. This means that over 2.5 crore returns are yet to be filed by September 15, 2025.
In FY 2024-25, 7.28 crore returns were filed up to the July 31 deadline. The return filing has been slow in 2025 despite the due date extension.
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ITR filing 2025 Live: No tax relief on sale of gifted shares if STT not paid
ITR filing 2025: As per Income Tax rules, one can claim an exemption of ₹1.25 lakh on long-term capital gains (LTCG) from the sale of shares (including gifted shares) on or after July 23, 2024. LTCG above ₹1.25 lakh in such cases are taxed at a special rate of 12.5% under Section 112A of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
However, certain conditions must be fulfilled for availing these benefits of concessional (12.5%) tax rate and ₹1.25 lakh exemption. We have discussed those conditions in this article.September 10, 2025, 12:14 PM
ITR filing 2025 live: Are US stocks treated as unlisted shares?
No. As per the instructions given by the Income Tax Department in ITR forms, shares of a company listed in a recognised stock exchange outside India should not be considered unlisted shares for reporting in the ITR.
Where to report in ITR?You have to report such shareholding in Schedule FA.
September 10, 2025, 09:29 AM
