The date has been extended to August five from the original deadline of July 31.
"In view of the difficulties faced by taxpayers, date for filing of Income Tax Returns for FY 2016-17 has been extended to 5th August, 2017," Income Tax India twitter announced.
According to reports, the Income Tax Department has already received over two crore returns filed electronically.
NDTV has quoted a Government official as saying that the tax department's e-filing website - incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in - has been experiencing overload due to last minute filing of returns.
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