New Delhi, July 30 -- With just a day left before the July 31 deadline for filing income tax returns (ITRs) for Assessment Year (AY) 2026-27, the government has sought to reassure taxpayers that the e-filing portal is ready for the last-minute rush.

In a recent reply in Parliament, the Finance Ministry said the income tax e-filing portal has been performance-tested to process up to 1 crore ITRs in a single day. During peak periods, the platform handled 1.61 crore daily transactions, including return filings, logins, challan payments and Form 26AS services, while daily logins touched nearly 99 lakh.

The Income Tax Department has said more than 5 crore ITRs had been filed for AY 2026-27 by July 29. For comparison, around 9.19 crore return...