Extension of ITR, Tax Audit reports due date for Kerala for AY 2018-19

Extension of ITR and Tax Audit reports for of taxpayers of Kerala which are filed till 28.02.19 for AY 2018-19. Relaxation from interest u/s 234A. CBDT Order u/s 119

F.No. 225/15/2019/ITA.II
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue (CBDT)

North-Block, New Delhi, dated the 27th of February, 2019 Order under

Order under section 119(2) of the Income-tax Act, 1961

In the aftermath of order of the Hon’ble Kerala High Court in WP  Nos. 35382,  32954, 33135 & 37052 dated 19.12.18, the taxpayers  of  Kerala  have  filed  condonation  petitions before the Central Board of Direct Taxes (the Board) under section 119(2) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act). In these petitions, it has been submitted  that  general  extension  of  one month for filing returns and audit reports till 31.10.18 requires further relaxation in case of taxpayers of Kerala since during the devastating floods of August, 2018 many traders and businessmen had lost the documents/accounts leading  to  delay  in finalization  of  accounts and consequential  difficulties in filing of income-tax  return and tax-audit  report by 31.10.18.

2. On due consideration of the matter, the Board, to mitigate the genuine difficulties faced by the taxpayers in Kerala, in exercise of its powers under section 119(2) of the Act, hereby directs that in case of taxpayers of Kerala for whom the due date for filing return of income and report of audit pertaining to assessment year 2018-19 was 10.18, all returns of income and reports of audit which are filed till 28.02.19 shall be deemed to have been filed by 31.10.18.

3. Further, in partial modification of orders of the Board dated 24.09.18 & 08.10.18 in F.No. 225/358/2018/ITA.II. in accordance with relaxation in para 2 above, all returns of income filed between 01.10.18 to 31.10.18 by the taxpayers of Kerala for whom the due date for filing of return of income was 31.10.18, shall not be liable to levy of interest as per provisions of section 234A of the Act.

4. The returns by taxpayers of Kerala covered in this order, if not processed till now, shall be processed in accordance with the directions contained in paras If the return has already been processed, the same would be rectified by the CIT-CPC, Bengaluru or the concerned jurisdictional income-tax authority, as the case may be, in exercise of statutory powers under section 154 of the Act in accordance with the directions in paras above.

5. This order is applicable only to those taxpayers of Kerala who were required to file their income-tax return and report of audit for assessment year 2018-19 by 31.10.18.

(Rajarajeswari R.)
Under Secretary to Government of India

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