New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Income Tax: The last date to file an income tax return is 15 September 2025. So far, only five crore returns have been filed across India, reveals the latest data of the Income Tax (I-T) department as on 8 September.

Out of these,4.72 crore returns are verified, and 3.39 crore returns processed. Last year, a total of 7.28 crore ITRs were filed until the last date.

However, some experts want thetax filing deadline to be extended. They argue that the excel utilities of mostincome tax forms were released quite late, thereby offering inadequate time to file the returns. The online utilities ofITR-1 and ITR were released on 4 June. The ITR-2 online utility was released on 17 July, and the ITR-3 utility was released on 3...