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FY19 Income Tax Return Filing Deadline Extended Till July 31; PAN-Aadhaar Linkage Till March 2021

The government extended the deadline for filing income tax returns for the 2018-19 fiscal by a month till July 31, 2020.

An Aadhaar biometric identity card, , is arranged for a photograph in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
An Aadhaar biometric identity card, , is arranged for a photograph in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

The government on Wednesday extended the deadline for filing income tax returns for the 2018-19 fiscal by a month till July 31, 2020.

The Centre has also extended the time limit for linking biometric Aadhaar with PAN till March 31, 2021.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes through a notification also extended the time limit for making various investments for claiming deductions under the I-T Act for the 2019-20 fiscal by a month till July 31, 2020.

The due date for filing ITR for FY19-20 has already been extended till Nov. 30, 2020.