new delhi the finance ministry on sunday came out with new threepage income tax return itr forms dropping the controversial provision for mandatory disclosure of foreign trips and dormant bank accounts while it also extended the last date of filing to august 31the new forms itr 2 and itr 2a will have only three pages and other details will have to be filled in schedules said a finance ministry statement a new form itr 2a has been brought out by the ministry which can be filed by an individual or huf who does not have capital gains income from business profession or foreign assetforeign incomeread also new itr forms to be far more simplified jaitley says the statement also said that the last date for submission of tax returns will be extended to august 31 2015 with regard to the controversial provision of disclosing details of foreign visits the release said that the assessee will be required to disclose only the passport number in lieu of foreign travel details it is now proposed that only passport number if available would be required to be given in forms itr2 and itr2a details of foreign trips or expenditure thereon are not required to be furnished it saidread also rs 2 lakh penalty for not answering tax authorities queries further the ministry has done away with disclosure of details of dormant accounts which are not operational during the last three years as regards bank account details in all these forms only the ifs code account number of all the currentsavings account which are held at any time during the previous year will be required to be filledup the balance in accounts will not be required to be furnished the statement addedread also tax lens only on multiple foreign visits the simplified it return forms are being brought after the earlier version was opposed by industry mps and assessees for its cumbersome disclosure norms the salaried individuals and those persons who do not have businessprofessional income are required to file it returns in either itr1 or itr2 by july 31 every year