The Income Tax Department has issued a Circular No. 9 dated 20-May-2021 by which a number of statutory deadlines for Income Tax Returns, TDS Return, SFT Return, Tax Audit Reports have been extended to provide relief owing to the pandemic.
A few of the important due dates are reproduced below. You may refer to the complete circular here.
| S.N. | Statutory Filing | Prev. Due Date | New Due Date |
| 1 | Form 61A- Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT) | 31-May-21 | 30-Jun-21 |
| 2 | TDS Returns Q4 FY 2020-21 | 31-May-21 | 30-Jun-21 |
| 3 | Issue of TDS Certificates in Form 16 for FY 2020-21 | 15-Jun-21 | 15-Jul-21 |
| 4 | Income Tax Return AY 2021-22 (non audit cases) | 31-Jul-21 | 30-Sep-21 |
| 5 | Filing of Tax Audit Reports AY 2021-22 | 30-Sep-21 | 31-Oct-21 |
| 6 | Income Tax Return AY 2021-22 (audit cases) | 31-Oct-21 | 30-Nov-21 |
| 7 | ITR for Transfer Pricing (Audit a month prior) | 30-Nov-21 | 31-Dec-21 |
| 8 | Belated Tax Returns AY 2021-22 | 31-Dec-21 | 31-Jan-22 |
