F. No. 225/195/2016/ITA.II
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Direct Taxes
North-Block, ITA.II Division
New Delhi, 18th October, 2016
Order under Section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
In order to mitigate the difficulties being faced by the taxpayers in the State of Jammu & Kashmir in filing income tax returns and reports of audit for Assessment Year 2016-2017 by the 'due date', as prescribed under section 139(1) of Income-tax Act, 1961, the CBDT, hereby extends the 'due date' for filing income tax returns and reports of audit under the provisions of Income-tax Act pertaining to Assessment Year 2016-2017 for all categories of taxpayers in the State of Jammu & Kashmir to 31st December, 2016.
(Rohit Garg)
Deputy- Secretary to the Government of India
Copy to:-
1. PS to F.M./OSD to FM/PS to MoS(R)/OSD to MoS(R)
2. PPS to Secretary (Revenue)
3. Chairperson (CBDT), All Members, Central Board of Direct Taxes
4. All Pr.CCsIT/CCsIT/Pr.DsGIT/DsGIT
5. All Joint Secretaries/CsIT, CBDT
6. Directors/Deputy Secretaries/Under Secretaries of Central Board of Direct Taxes
7. ADG(Systems)-4 with request to place the order on official website
8. Addl. CIT, Data base Cell for placing the order on irsofficers website
9. ADG(PR,PP&OL) for placing on Twitter handle of the department
10. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, IP Estate, New Delhi-110003
11. Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir
12. CIT (M&TP), CBDT
(Rohit Garg)
Deputy- Secretary to the Government of India
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