Today is the last date to file Income Tax Returns: The IT department advised taxpayers to file their tax returns before the deadline ends to avoid penalties and other consequences.

If an individual earning income misses the ITR filing deadline, they can still do so by paying a late fee. The late fee is Rs. 5,000 for an annual taxable income of Rs. 5 lakhs or more, and Rs. 1,000 for taxable income below Rs. 5 lakhs.

While filing the Income Tax Return, the details of a taxpayer get auto-populated from Form 26AS as a pre-filling technique into the ITR form. However, this pre-filling feature is missing in upcoming returns forms