New Delhi — The Income Tax Department has clarified that circulation of a fake order dated 26 September for extension of due date for filing of audit reports and returns of Income for Assessment Year 2015-16 is fraudulent.
The government has not extended the due date for filing of returns and audit report due by 30 September. Taxpayers and practitioners are advised not to give any credence to the fraudulent order.
It has been brought to the notice of the government that a fake order dated 26 September, supposedly under Section 119 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, under the signature of one Upmanyu Reddy, Under Secretary to the Government of India, is in circulation. The fake order extends the due date for filing of audit report under section 119 of the Income-tax Act to 15 October.
It is clarified the order is fraudulent. The Government has not extended the due date for filing of returns and audit report due by 30 September. Taxpayers and practitioners are advised not to give any credence to the fraudulent order purportedly signed by one Upmanyu Reddy.
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