Advance tax has four due dates, ITR has one, and your employer's proof-submission window has another. Each missed one costs real money.
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Set this reminder on WhatsAppTo set an income tax due date reminder on WhatsApp, text NagMeLater "Remind me every year on 15 July to gather documents and file my income tax return", or tap a button below to send it in one tap. The bot confirms the schedule and nags you at the right moment. No app, no signup, first 7 days free.
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Two weeks before the usual July 31 deadline.
Fires every quarter, edit to the 10th to keep buffer.
Before your employer's January proof deadline.
A income tax due date reminder on WhatsApp takes one message and no setup: text NagMeLater what to remind you of and when, and it confirms within seconds and nags you at that exact time. For this topic the schedules people pick most are ITR filing (two weeks before the usual July 31 deadline), Advance tax quarters (fires every quarter, edit to the 10th to keep buffer) and Investment proofs (before your employer's January proof deadline); each button above sends the exact wording, for example "Remind me every year on 5 January to submit investment proofs to HR", and you can change the time or the task before sending. Recurring works in the same sentence ("every Monday at 9am"), in any language you text in. When it fires, reply done to close it, snooze 15 to be nagged again, or edit 1 to Friday 5pm to move it. First 7 days free, then $1.99 a month or $59 once for life.
Most people think about tax once a year in July. Advance tax wants you four times: June, September, December and March, and freelancers get no employer to do it for them.
Underpaid advance tax accrues interest month by month until you settle it. It is not a fine you notice, it is a drip you discover at filing time.
The ITR deadline lands mid-year when work is busy, documents are scattered, and your CA is drowning. Starting two weeks early is the entire trick.
If your yearly tax liability after TDS exceeds the threshold, these four dates apply to you, salaried or not. Freelancers and landlords are the usual surprises.
Refunds are processed roughly in filing order. Early filers see their money weeks sooner, and have time to fix mismatches in AIS or Form 26AS calmly.
Late filing brings a flat fee, then losses you cannot carry forward, then a belated-return cutoff. Every step is avoidable with one nag in mid-July.
The button pre-fills it. Plain words, no format to learn, no reminder app to install.
Date, time and recurrence are parsed from your message and confirmed instantly.
Right inside WhatsApp, where you will actually see it. Reply done, snooze it, or edit it any time.
Usually two: investment proofs in January and the ITR in July. Add the advance tax quarters only if you have big non-salary income like rent or capital gains.
Create a group and nag them directly: "remind @CA on 10 July to start my ITR". Both of you see the deadline coming.
They fire on the dates you set. Deadlines occasionally get extended, but a reminder aimed at the original date always keeps you safe.
GST has its own page with the 11th and 20th monthly rhythm. Business owners usually run both sets side by side.
The one you will actually open. Dedicated reminder apps get installed, muted and forgotten; WhatsApp gets opened dozens of times a day. NagMeLater uses that: send "Remind me every year on 15 July to gather documents and file my income tax return" once and the reminder comes to you, no separate app involved.
The button opens WhatsApp with "Remind me every year on 15 July to gather documents and file my income tax return" already typed. Send it, and it is handled.
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