India, Sept. 15 -- With few hours to go for the Income Tax Return (ITR) deadline for the 2025-26 assessment year, the Income Tax Department on Monday said more than 7 crore I-T returns have been filed so far as the filing deadline closes in.

"More than 7 crore ITRs have been filed so far and still counting (15th September)," it said in a X post, and urged all those who haven't filed ITR for AY 2025-26, to file their returns.

September 15 is the final date to file ITRs without incurring a penalty, for income earned in the 2024-25 fiscal year. As of last year's deadline on 31 July, 7.28 crore ITRs had been filed.

Earlier, the deadline for filing ITR was July 3,1, which was later extended to September 15 after Tax professionals reported a...