Income Tax Dept updates ITR - 1 to ITR - 7 Excel e-Filing Utilities for AY 2024-25 in Portal

The Income Tax Department has updated the Excel e-filing utilities for  ITR1 to ITR7 in the Income Tax Portal for FY 2024-25 on October 1, 2024.

These are the applicable Income Tax Returns and links to download the respective ITR e-filing Excel Bases Utility and JSON Schema.

ITR 1: 

  For individuals who are residents (excluding not ordinarily residents), with a total income up to ₹50 lakh, having income from salaries, one house property, other sources (e.g., interest), and agricultural income up to ₹5,000. 

ITR 2: 

  For individuals and HUFs not having income from profits and gains of business or profession. 

 ITR 3: 

  For individuals and HUFs with income from profits and gains of business or profession. 

 ITR 4: 

  For individuals, HUFs, and firms (excluding LLPs) that are residents with a total income up to ₹50 lakh and income from business and profession computed under sections 44AD, 44ADA, or 44AE, along with agricultural income up to ₹5,000. 

 ITR 5: 

  For entities other than individuals, HUFs, companies, or those filing ITR7. 

 ITR 6: 

  For companies, except those claiming exemption under Section 11. 

 ITR 7: 

  For persons, including companies, required to file returns under Sections 139(4A), 139(4B), 139(4C), or 139(4D).  

General Instructions for Returns from A.Y. 2021-22 onwards

Comprehensive Guide of Law and Procedure for Filing of Income Tax Appeals, Click Here

1. Select the Assessment Year
2. Download and extract the zip file containing the utilities to the folder and open the utility
3. System Requirements
4. Utility:

Windows OS

Architecture: ia32, x36

Windows 7 or later are supported (ia64, x64 systems binaries will run on ia32)

Please note, the ARM version of windows is not supported.

Note:

1. libstdc++ 6 ABI 1.3.8 or above in lower environments to function
2. In linux the app should be run in a sandbox mode only.

Hardware:

Intel pentium processor or later that's SSE2 capable or AMD K10 or above core architecture 2 GB of RAM or more.

HDD:

700 MB or more of free space 

Comprehensive Guide of Law and Procedure for Filing of Income Tax Appeals, Click Here

• Excel Utilities:
  • Macro enabled MSOffice Excel version 2007/2010/2013 on Microsoft Windows 7 / 8 /10 with .Net Framework (3.5 & above). Click here to install and restart your system post installation

How to File Tax Returns

For information on How to File Returns, please refer to the following resources:

• ITR1 User Manual
• ITR1 Frequently Asked Questions
• ITR4 User Manual
• ITR4 Frequently Asked Questions

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