No penal action on electronically filed IT returns bearing date stamp of 1st October CBDT have ordered that any return of income for the assessment year 2008-09 filed electronically on 30th September 2008, in respect of which the electronic acknowledgement bears the date stamp of 1st October 2008, shall be treated as having been filed within the due date, i.e. 30th September 2008. Accordingly, such returns of income shall be eligible for all benefits of filing of tax returns by the due date and no penal consequence shall be attracted for failure to file the return by the due date.
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