The Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has demanded the Central Government and Income Tax Department to extend the last date of Income Tax Return (ITR) and tax audit. GCCI says that this year, necessary facilities for filing ITR like form and utilities have been released quite late. Due to this, taxpayers and chartered accountants are facing huge problems.
The government had earlier fixed the last date of ITR 31 July 2025, later it was increased to 15 September 2025. But GCCI says that this did not provide any special relief because the necessary forms and utility were released in July and August itself. In such a situation, people did not get time to fill the returns properly.
What did GCCI say?
GCCI said in an official letter on 11 August 2025, “We want to bring to your attention that taxpayers, CAs and other professionals are having difficulty in filing ITR and tax audit form on time, so we request you to extend their time limit.”
GCCI has given many reasons in its memorandum, due to which it is necessary to increase the deadline. GCCI stated the demand to extend the time limit for ITR filing and said that ITR forms and utilities have been released late, which are usually released in April itself but this time they have been delayed by three months. Forms from ITR-1 to ITR-4 have come in July. ITR-5 came on 8 August 2025. And ITR-6 and ITR-7 have not been released yet.
Right now the last date for tax audit has been fixed on 30 September 2025. GCCI has also demanded to increase this, as chartered accountants who have been audited have not yet received completely access to all the necessary documents and forms.
Technical problem and internet problem
GCCI said in other reasons that internet is slow in many areas. Repeated changes are taking place on the portal. And it is taking time to update the software for chartered accountants. Due to this, work is being done even more delay.
What is the effect on taxpayers?
ITR-5 is necessary for those who do business through firm, LLP, AOP or BOI and this form has come only on August 8, and they have to fill the return by 15 September. This means that they are getting less than a month, which is quite low. Due to this, there is a lot of pressure on taxpayers and their advisors.