Income Tax Return Forms: Filing Deadlines by December 2024

There are various Forms which are used to report TDS, TCS, or other tax-related transactions.

To avoid penalties, businesses, companies, and other taxpayers must file the following forms under the Income-tax Act, 1961 by December 31st, 2024:

FormsDescriptionDue Dates
Form 16BTax deducted u/s 194-IA in October 2024, the TDS certificate must be issued by the property buyer to the seller within 15 days from the due date of filing Form 26QB.
Form 26QB Filing Deadline: 30th November 2024 (for October transactions).
TDS Certificate Issuance
Deadline: 15 days from 30th November, i.e., 15th December 2024.
15-Dec-24
Form 16CIssue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted u/s 194-IB in the month of October, 2024.
i.e, 15 days from the due date of filing of Form 26QC
15-Dec-24
Form 16DDue date for issue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted under section 194M in the month of October, 2024
15 days from the due date of filing of Form 26QD
15-Dec-24
Form 16EIssue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted under section 194S in the month of October 2024
i.e., 15 days from the due date of filing of Form 26QE
15-Dec-24
Form 24GReporting of TDS/TCS for the month of November 2024.
Government offices responsible for TDS/TCS.
15-Dec-24
Form 3BBDue date for furnishing the statement in Form No. 3BB by a stock exchange for transactions with modified client codes for November 202415-Dec-24
Form 3BCFor furnishing statement in Form No. 3BC by a recognised association in respect of transactions in which client codes have been modified after registering in the system for the month of November, 202415-Dec-24
Form 26QBFor furnishing of challan-cum-statement in respect of tax deducted u/s 194-IA in the month of November, 2024
i.e., It must be submitted within 30 days from the end of the month in which the TDS was deducted.
30-Dec-24
Form 26QCFor furnishing of challan-cum-statement in respect of tax deducted under section 194-IB in the month of November, 2024
i.e., It must be submitted within 30 days from the end of the month in which the TDS was deducted.
30-Dec-24
Form 26QDFor furnishing of challan cum statement in respect of tax deducted u/s 194M in the month of November, 2024
i.e., It must be submitted within 30 days from the end of the month in which the TDS was deducted.
30-Dec-24
Form 26QEFor furnishing of challan cum statement in respect of tax deducted u/s 194S in the month of November, 2024
i.e., It must be submitted within 30 days from the end of the month in which the TDS was deducted.
30-Dec-24
Form 3CEADReport by a parent entity or an alternate reporting entity or any other constituent entity, resident in India, for the purposes of sub-section (2) or sub section (4) of section 286 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (assuming reporting accounting year is January1, 2023 to December 31,2023).31-Dec-24
Form 3CEFAnnual Compliance Report on Advance Pricing Agreement (if due date of submission of return of income is November 30, 2024)30-Dec-24
ITR Belated ReturnFor furnishing belated or revised return of income for AY 2024-2531-Dec-24

Failure to file these forms by December 31st may result in penalties.

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