Over 53 lakh Income Tax Returns filed today as govt refuses to extend deadline

Over 53 lakh Income Tax Returns (ITRs) were filed till 8 pm today as there was no indication about the extension of the July 31 deadline from the government. The Income Tax Department tweeted at 8.45 pm that 4,95,505 ITRs were filed in the past hour. This is the first time in three years that the deadline hasn't been extended.