more than 5 crore income tax returns itrs have been filed as on july 27 2023 and 446 crore have verified it this data is as per the income tax departments website although 73 taxpayers have already filed their itr according to a localcircles survey 14 of individual income taxpayers admitted that they will not be able to meet the july 31 2023 deadline the survey found that 27 eligible taxpayers are yet to file their itr for this survey localcircles a delhi based market research company surveyed 12000 indians from 315 districts 41 of these people were from tier1 cities 32 from tier2 and 27 from tier34 cities and rural districts stated a press release from localcircleshere is a look at more findings from the survey5 tried to file itr but were facing difficulties5 indians voiced their concerns about difficulty in filing itr they said that they tried to file itr and faced difficulty so they left the process midway these people will again try to file before july 31 2023few weeks back there were some concerns about some peoples advance tax selfassessment tax details missing from their annual information statement ais some people have started taking to social media to voice their grievances you might also likeitr filing deadline of july 31 should be extended why 45 days is not enough to file income tax returnclick here to read more about what were the problems which people faced when filing itr8 waiting for the last week to file itrthe survey found that 8 of indians admitted that they have not yet filed their itr but were comfortable to be able to do so before month endhowever 5 of indians said that although they are yet to file their income tax return itr they will do so now by making an significant effort before the deadlineearlier this month several tax filers were puzzled to find out that their ais had missed capturing their bank savings account interest had they relied solely on ais then they would have missed mentioning their bank interest in itryou might also likewill government extend itr filing deadline due to widespread floods in indiaclick here to know how to solve this problem of missed bank savings account interest in ais9 said impossible to file itr by july 315 of those surveyed said they havent filed their itr and it will take a significant effort to do so before the deadline and 9 indicated that it will be impossible for them to file the income tax returns by july 31 in effect 14 of respondents admitted that they will likely be unable to file their income tax returns by the deadline stated the localcircles press releaseitr filing deadline extensionthis year because of extreme weather conditions across 78 states and its impact on the lives of some the survey finds that it is likely that 14 individual income taxpayers will be unable to meet the july 31st deadline for filing income tax returns said localcircles in a