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You have a few more days to file I-T returns; deadline extended to Aug 5

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BS Web Team New Delhi

Last Updated : Jul 31 2017 | 4:27 PM IST

The Income-tax department on Monday extended the deadline for filing of I-T returns for the assessment year 2016-17 to August 5. The earlier deadline of July 31 was ending today.

The reason for this extension in deadline is understood to be technical snag developed by the online tax-filing platform, incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in, due to the last-minute rush by tax filers.

The government portal had been facing glitches for the past three days, even as the introduction of GST since July 1 kept chartered accountants busy, further aggravating the problems faced by tax filers.

In a post on microblogging site Twitter,

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