New Delhi, July 11 The Income Tax Department on Friday released Excel utilities for ITR-2 and ITR-3 forms, which can be used by taxpayers to file ITR on income from taxable capital gains, crypto income and others.
The Income Tax Department had earlier released only ITR-1 and ITR-4 forms (both online and Excel utility) to help a limited number of taxpayers file their ITRs with specified income classifications.
The Income Tax Department announced on social media platform X, “Attention taxpayers! Excel utilities for ITR-2 and ITR-3 for Assessment Year 2025-26 are now live and available for filing.”
It further said, “In the download section of the e-filing ITR portal of the Income Tax Department, you can download the ITR-2 and ITR-3 utilities. After downloading, you will get a Windows zip file from which the Excel file can be obtained.”
According to the Income Tax Department website, from July 11, ITR-2 can be filed by individuals or HUFs who are not eligible to file ITR-1 (Sahaj).
Also, according to the department, individuals who do not have income of profit and loss from business or profession as well as income of profit and loss from business or profession by way of interest, salary, bonus, commission or remuneration from a partnership firm can also file ITR-2.
Individuals whose income to be clubbed includes the income of any other person such as spouse, minor child etc. are also covered under ITR-2.
The Income Tax Department on May 27 extended the last date for filing income tax returns for the financial year 2024-25 (assessment year 2025-26) from July 31, 2025, to September 15, 2025.
The IT department had said that this extension is expected to alleviate the concerns raised by stakeholders and provide sufficient time for compliance, thereby ensuring the integrity and accuracy of the return filing process.
