India, Sept. 13 -- With just two days remaining for the income tax return (ITR) filing deadline, the Income Tax Department informed on Saturday that over six crore tax returns have been filed so far.

The number is still going up as people rush to file their ITRs. The deadline to file ITRs without any penalty is September 15, which means there are two more days to do so. No extension in the deadline has been announced so far.

The announcement about how many ITRs have been filed so far was made on the official X (formerly Twitter) account of the Income Tax department on Saturday. It also said that the helpdesk is functioning 24x7 to assist those who need help with filing their Income Tax Return.

The post also urged people who have not fi...