India, Sept. 15 -- The Income Tax Department on Sunday dismissed claims about extending the deadline for filing Income Tax Returns beyond September 15. Addressing the fake news being circulated on social media, it said that "The due date for filing ITRs remains 15.09.2025."

Income Tax department took to their X handle to clarify that the news circulating about the deadline extension to 30 September is fake.

In its post, the I-T department said that fake messages were being circulated suggesting that the deadline, originally due on July 31, 2025 and later extended to September 15, 2025, had been pushed to September 30.

It further advised taxpayers to rely only on the official Income Tax India account for updates. For any queries and oth...