{
  "id": 3005390,
  "title": "ITR filing deadline: Income Tax Department asks business, professional taxpayers to file returns by August 31",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/itr-filing-deadline-income-tax-department-asks-business-professional",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-24T10:51:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times - Economy",
    "slug": "the-economic-times-economy",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/itr-filing-deadline-income-tax-department-asks-business-professional-taxpayers-to-file-returns-by-august-31/articleshow/133462269.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Income Tax Department has reminded taxpayers with business or professional income who are not subject to audit to file their ITRs for AY 2026-27 by August 31. More than 6.5 crore returns have been filed so far, including over 2 crore ITR-3 and ITR-4 forms.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Arada Sukuk extends consent fee deadline to August 31",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/arada-sukuk-extends-consent-fee-deadline-to-august-31",
        "published": "2026-08-24T07:14:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}