Income Tax Due Date, Sept. 14 -- As the income Tax Return (ITR) Filing deadline nears, social media users have demanded an extension for the same, saying that they cannot open the official Income Tax Department portal to file taxes.

According to users on social media, many taxpayers have been facing issues as the deadline to file ITR on September 15 approaches.

One user said that the income tax portal is not usable, and called the issue unacceptable.

"Income tax portal is working slowest. Can't file due to this. It's un usable. Why govt is unable to maintain income tax website servers properly? We are going to become third largest economy, and this is unacceptable," he said.

Another user suggested that the government should extend the...