14% taxpayers won’t be able to meet ITR filing deadline of July 31, 2023: Survey
ITR, according to a LocalCircles survey, 14% of individual income taxpayers admitted that they will not be able to meet the July 31, 2023 deadline. The survey found that 27% eligible taxpayers are yet to file their ITR. For this survey, LocalCircles, a Delhi based market research company, surveyed 12,000 Indians from 315 districts. 41% of these people were from tier-1 cities, 32% from tier-2 and 27% from tier-3,4 cities and rural districts, stated a press release from LocalCircles.
Here is a look at more findings from the survey.5% tried to file ITR but were facing difficulties 5% Indians voiced their concerns about difficulty in filing ITR. They said that they tried to file ITR and faced difficulty, so they left the process mid-way. These people will again try to file before July 31, 2023. Few weeks back, there were some concerns about some people’s advance tax, self-assessment tax details missing from their annual information statement (AIS). Some people have started taking to social media to voice their grievances.
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Click here to read more about what were the problems which people faced when filing ITR.8% waiting for the last week to file ITRThe survey found that 8% of Indians admitted that they have not yet filed their ITR but were “comfortable to be able to do so before month end.” However, 5% of Indians said that although they are yet to file their income tax return (ITR), they will do so now by making an “significant effort before the deadline.” Earlier this month, several tax filers were puzzled to find out that their AIS had missed capturing their bank savings account interest. Had they
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