If you have not filed returns for the last few years, what is still possible depends on each year. The current assessment year can still be filed belated. Recent years can be reached by an updated return (ITR-U), which carries additional tax and cannot give a refund. A refund or a loss in an older year needs the tax department's permission. List each pending year and we show the route for it. StampMitra is a filing assistance platform, not the government.
A return for a past year is no longer a single route. A belated return, filed after the due date, is open only for assessment year 2026-27, until 31 December 2026. For assessment year 2025-26 and earlier the portal does not accept belated or revised returns after 1 April 2026. What remains is an updated return, called ITR-U, and, for a refund or a loss, a request for the tax department's permission to file late.
Dates as on 25 October 2026. The windows are measured from 31 March at the end of the assessment year.
Belated return / Updated return (ITR-U) / Permission to file late
Item, Amount, Notes
Notices go to our team first: If you have a notice, an inquiry, a scrutiny or reassessment case, or a pending assessment, search or survey, our team reviews the case before any route is chosen. An updated return may not be open in such a case.
Identity and bank details are taken securely after payment, never on the order form.
A return was filed but not e-verified within 30 days, so the year was never actually filed.
Only for assessment year 2026-27, until 31 December 2026. For assessment year 2025-26 and earlier the portal does not accept belated or revised returns after 1 April 2026. An updated return or a request for permission may still be possible.
No. An updated return cannot reduce tax, create a loss or raise a refund, and only one can be filed for a year. A refund or loss for a closed year needs permission under section 119(2)(b), which is not guaranteed.
Within 48 months of the end of the assessment year. For assessment year 2022-23 the position is unsettled, so we confirm on the portal before filing.
Fees follow the route and are per year filed. When all your billable years are on one route the price is that route's fee for each year. When they sit on different routes, or a notice is involved, our team reviews and quotes. We confirm the exact amount before filing.
It is a percentage of the tax that rises the longer after the assessment year you file. The advisor shows the band that applies to your year, and we confirm the exact amount before filing.
Notices go to our team first. We review the notice and the year, then quote. An updated return may not be open if certain proceedings are pending.
A return that is not e-verified within 30 days is treated as not filed. We treat the year as unfiled and choose the route from there.
A late fee and interest apply to a belated return. Non-filing can in serious, wilful cases lead to prosecution and to reassessment notices. That does not mean it will happen to you, and nobody can promise immunity.
Yes, through our team. A legal heir files on their behalf, and these cases are reviewed and quoted.
No. We take identity and bank details securely after payment, and you authorise us on the portal in a live session. A password or code is never typed into our form.