Breaking: After a long wait, Income Tax Department has released ITR-2 and ITR-3 Excel utilities. Who can use it?

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has launched Excel utilities for ITR-2 and ITR-3 on the e-filing portal for Assessment Year 2025-26. Taxpayers can download these offline tools to fill in their details, validate information, and create a JSON file for submission, but online filing options remain limited to ITR-1 and ITR-4.

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After a long wait, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has enabled Excel utilities for ITR-2 and ITR-3 on the e-filing portal. Taxpayers can now download these utilities to file their returns.

The Income Tax Department said, “Excel utilities for ITR-2 and ITR-3 for Assessment Year 2025-26 are now live and available for filing.”

Excel Utilities for ITR-2 and ITR-3 are offline tools provided by the Income Tax Department. You can use these Excel Utilities to fill your details offline.

After filling in the details in the Excel utilities, you need to validate all the information and prepare the JSON file for submission on the Income Tax e-filing portal.

Attention Taxpayers!

Excel Utilities of ITR-2 and ITR-3 for AY 2025-26 are now live and available for filing.

There is no online facility available yet

The CBDT is yet to release online utilities for ITR-2 and ITR-3 filers. At the time of writing this article, taxpayers could only file ITR-1 and ITR-4 online on the Income Tax Department’s e-filing portal.

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