Over 4.86 crore Income Tax Returns (ITRs) have been filed for the Assessment Year 2021-22 till December 28, Income Tax Department data showed on Wednesday.
A total 18,89,057 income tax returns were filed on December 28. With this, the cumulative number of ITRs filed for the Assessment Year 2021-22 rose to 4,86,34,306.
More than half of the total returns that have been filed are ITR-1. Of the total 4.86 crore ITRs filed so far, 2.57 crore are ITR-1.
The second-highest number is of ITR-4 which stood at 1.23 crore, Income Tax Department said in a tweet.
The last day to file ITR for the current assessment year is December 31.
Of the e-verified ITRs more than 2.88 crore ITRs have been processed and over 1.07 crore refunds for AY 2021-22 have been issued, according to an official statement released by the Finance Ministry on Tuesday.
( With inputs from ANI )
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