Central Board of Direct Taxes, had issued an order u/s. 119 of Income Tax Act, 1961 (F NO.275/38/2017-IT(B)) dated 03rd June, 2019), extending the due date of furnishing Tax Deducted at Source return of Salary (Form 24Q) for the last quarter of the financial year 2018-19 from 31st May, 2019 to 30th June, 2019.

The order states that this has been done in order to redress the genuine hardships of deductors in timely filing of TDS statement in Form 24Q, on account of revision of its format and consequent updating of the File Validation Utility for its online filing. The copy of the order is given below:

The extension of due date may also lead to extension of due date of filing Income Tax Returns for Individuals and other assessees who are not covered by audit under Income Tax Act or any other statute. The due date for filing Income Tax returns is 31st July, 2019. The Form 16 (TDS Certificate) will be issued by employers by 10th July, 2019 only and the assessee will be getting only 21 days to file the Income Tax Return if the due date of 31st July is not changed.