CBDT press release · 29 Oct 2025
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CBDT extends due date for furnishing Return of Income for the Assessment Year 2025-26 under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act)
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Check the official recordThe Central Board of Direct Taxes extends the due date for furnishing the Return of Income for the Assessment Year 2025-26 to 10th December, 2025. This extension applies to assessees referred in clause (a) of Explanation 2 to sub-Section (1) of Section 139 of the Act. The Board also extends the specified date for furnishing the audit report for the Previous Year 2024-25 to 10th November, 2025. A formal order or notification is issued separately.
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Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Direct Taxes
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New Delhi, 29th October, 2025
Press Release
CBDT extends due date for furnishing Return of Income for the Assessment Year 2025-26 under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act)
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has decided to extend the due date of furnishing of Return of Income under sub-Section (1) of Section 139 of the Act for the Assessment Year 2025-26, which is 31st October, 2025 in the case of assessees referred in clause (a) of Explanation 2 to sub-Section (1) of Section 139 of the Act, to 10th December, 2025.
The 'specified date' of furnishing of the report of audit under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for the Previous Year 2024-25 (Assessment Year 2025-26), in the case of assessees referred to in clause (a) of Explanation 2 to sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Act, originally due on 30th September, 2025, was extended to 31st October, 2025. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has decided to further extend the said ‘specified date’ from 31st October, 2025 to 10th November, 2025.
A formal order/notification to this effect is being issued separately.
(V. Rajitha)
Commissioner of Income Tax
(Media & Technical Policy) &
Official Spokesperson, CBDT
