The government on Monday extended the deadline for filing the Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for the financial year 2016-17. The new deadline has been set at August 5. The announcement was made by the the Income Tax department’s verified Twitter handle. The I-T department cited ‘difficulties faced by taxpayers’ as the reason behind This comes after news on Sunday had quoted a top official saying that there will be no extension beyond July 31 in the last date for filing of ITR.