The Income Tax Department on Friday released the Excel utilities for ITR-1 and ITR-4 for Financial Year 2025-26 (Assessment Year 2026-27), allowing eligible taxpayers to start filing their income tax returns. The offline utilities are available for download on the IT department’s e-filing portal. With the release of these forms, the ITR filing season for AY 2026-27 has officially begun.
Taxpayers can use the Excel-based utilities to enter their income and tax details offline, compute tax liability, generate a JSON file and upload it to the e-filing website for submission and verification.
The move is expected to help salaried individuals, pensioners, small business owners and professionals covered under presumptive taxation schemes begin the filing process early and avoid last-minute rush closer to the deadline.
What is an ITR form?
An Income Tax Return (ITR) is a form through which taxpayers disclose their income, deductions and tax liability to the Income Tax Department. Taxpayers are generally required to file their returns by July 31 every financial year.
