Income Tax · 2026–27 dates
Tax due date calendar
Key income-tax return, audit and advance-tax dates, with the category and period shown beside each entry.
Standard income-tax dates, not a live compliance feed. Match your taxpayer category and period, then check for an applicable official extension. This selected calendar does not include every GST, TDS, MCA or payroll deadline.
Today: 15 September 2026 · IST
12 dates shown
First advance-tax instalment · 15%
Cumulative target for normal advance-tax cases.
ITR · other non-audit taxpayers
For taxpayers outside the audit, transfer-pricing and specified non-audit business / profession categories.
ITR · non-audit business / profession
Specified business / professional taxpayers and eligible partners of non-audit firms; check the applicable return category.
Second advance-tax instalment · 45%
Cumulative payment target, after eligible credits.
Tax audit report · ordinary audit cases
Standard report date for cases whose audited ITR is due on 31 October.
ITR · audited taxpayers
Includes applicable companies and audit-category partners; transfer-pricing cases have a separate date.
Transfer-pricing and related audit reports
Specified report date for section 92E cases with an ITR deadline of 30 November.
ITR · specified transfer-pricing cases
For the taxpayer category required to furnish the report under section 92E.
Third advance-tax instalment · 75%
Cumulative target for normal advance-tax cases.
Belated return · standard last date
Subject to earlier completion of assessment and other filing conditions; fees and interest may apply.
Final advance-tax instalment · 100%
Normal final target; eligible 44AD / 44ADA-equivalent presumptive cases pay their single 100% instalment.
Revised return · standard last date
Subject to earlier assessment completion and eligibility. Revisions after 31 December can attract the applicable additional fee.
OFFICIAL REFERENCES
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Reference review: 15 September 2026. Apply the provisions for your period and facts; notifications and portal requirements can change.