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.

