ITR filing due date AY 2025-26: Key dates salaried employees should know

Salaried taxpayers will be able to file their Income-tax Return (ITR) for AY 2025-26 after receiving Form 16 from employers in June 2025.

Employers generally issue Form 16 by June 15 as they are required to do so within 15 days of May 31, which is the deadline for TDS filing for the quarter ending March 31. Employees get time till the end of July to file their tax returns without paying any penalty.

In the run-up to the ITR filing for AY 2025-26, you may come across several articles or videos, or social media posts on the ITR filing due date or last date, or deadline, and feel confused. This article aims to end your confusion.

Let's begin. When it comes to ITR filing due dates, salaried employees should know about the following three dates. Of these, the first due date is most important, and you should always try not to miss it.

31 July 2025

This is the due date of ITR filing for AY 2025-26 for all assessee, except the following:

• (a) corporate-assessee, or
• (b) non-corporate assessee (whose books of account are required to be audited), or
• (c) partner of a firm whose accounts are required to be audited or the spouse of such partner if the provisions of section 5A applies, or
• (d) an assessee who is required to furnish a report under section 92E.​

As a salaried employee, you should try to file your ITR before July 31; the earlier the better. In case you file the ITR after this due date, the income-tax department charges a penalty for belated ITR filing.

31 December 2025

This is the due date for filing the belated/revised return of income for AY 2025-26 for all assessees. Revised ITR used to make corrections in your previously filed ITR for AY 2025-26. However, this can be done only if your return has not been assessed before December 31 by the Income Tax Department.

Taxpayers can file belated ITRs by this date if they failed to file before the July 31 due date. However, a penalty up to ₹5000 may be charged for belated ITR filing. Salaried employees should, therefore, try to file their ITR in July itself.

March 31, 2026

Due date for audit cases

Apart from the above, there is another ITR filing due date, but it is not relevant for salaried taxpayers.

• (a) corporate-assessee
• (b) non-corporate assessee (whose books of account are required to be audited) or
• (c)partner of a firm whose accounts are required to be audited or the spouse of such partner if the provisions of section 5A apply