As soon as the month of December starts, the last date for many important works related to taxes, documents and government schemes comes closer. In such a situation, if you have been postponing tasks like PAN-Aadhaar linking, ITR filing, advanced tax, ITR return or correction till now, then now is the time to be alert. All these deadlines directly affect your banking, investment and tax profile. Therefore, it is very important to complete them on time, in such a situation, let us tell you today which important tasks you should complete by 31st December, otherwise the government will not give you the opportunity again and again.

Deadline for depositing advance tax

It is mandatory for those whose tax liability after TDS is more than Rs 10,000, it is mandatory to pay advance tax. Whereas December 15 is the last date for depositing its third installment. In case of delay in advance tax, both interest and penalty can be imposed on you.

Belated ITR Last chance to fill up

If you are not able to submit ITR for the financial year 2024-25 on time, then you have a chance to file the belated return till 31st December. However, for this you will also have to pay late fees. For filing belated ITR, a late fee of Rs 1,000 will be charged for those with income less than Rs 5 lakh and Rs 5,000 for those with income above Rs 5 lakh. At the same time, if you do not file the belated ITR even by 31st December, then you will not get a chance to file the return.

Last date for PAN-Aadhaar linking is also 31st December

It is mandatory for those whose Aadhaar card is made on or before October 1, 2024, to link PAN with Aadhaar by December 31, 2025. If PAN is not linked to Aadhar card, PAN will become inactive. Bank services will also be affected, apart from this, work related to investment and demat will also stop and there will be problems in ITR file link. You can easily do PAN and Aadhaar linking through both income tax e-filing portal and SMS.

Ration card e-KYC also necessary till December

In many states including UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, the last date for ration card e-KYC has also been fixed as December. In such a situation, if e-KYC is not done in December, the receipt of government ration may stop from January 2026.

Last date of PM Awas Yojana

The application date for PM Awas Yojana, which provides assistance of up to Rs 2.5 lakh for building a house, has also been extended to December 31. In such a situation, interested candidates can apply online with Aadhaar, income certificate and residence certificate.

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ITR Filing: The deadline for filing income tax returns (ITR) is ending today. Today, due to the last date, more than 1 crore tax returns are expected to be filed. Till now, 6.29 crore returns have been filed for Assessment Year 2025-26. There has been a jump of 7.5 percent in ITR filing compared to last year.

Looking at the rapid returns being filed today, it seems that this time it will cross the figure of 7.8 crores. Earlier, 6.77 crore returns were filed in Assessment Year 2023-24, 5.82 crore in 2022-23 and 5.77 crore returns in 2021-22.

Advance tax also has deadline today

Experts say that due to the second installment of advance tax, the challenges of September 15 have increased further, which will put a double burden on taxpayers and professionals. Let us tell you that the deadline for filling the second installment of advance tax is also September 15, while its first installment has to be filled by June 15. In the second installment of advance tax, a share of up to 45 percent of the total tax has to be paid.

Explain that people whose tax liability is Rs 10,000 or more annually. That is, those who have to pay Rs 10,000 or more in a year. The Income Tax Department gives them the option to pay tax in installments. People who do not cut TDS from income have to pay advance tax. This includes people earning through stock market or mutual funds, freelancer, NRI.

Help desk also arranged

Meanwhile, the Income Tax Department denied the report on Sunday, claiming that the deadline for filing tax returns is being extended till September 30. While filing ITR, 24×7 help desk has also been arranged to help taxpayers. Under this, support is being provided through call, live chat, X and Webex sessions.

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