Error while filing ITR 1

@ Ranjan,

Thank you so much. Resolved the issue by removing the bank account.

Regards,

@ Neeraj Gogoi

I am happy your ITR filing headache is over for 2025.

Every year some or the other errors and issues are left over by the ITR Development team. There is hardly any protest from any corner.

@ J S Bhavsar 

I-T Dept is a super powerful entity.

Does not like trouble making protesters.

Hello

Delted all other " failed" accounts and filed successfully. Thank you all.

However when I tried to use the utility I'm getting the  the error message " Pls enter TAN of employer at Sr No 2 in Schedule TDS2" Kindly refer attachment

@ Thomas John

Check 26AS and Form16 to get the employer TAN and enter the same in TDS section 

@ Ranjan

All available TAN provided but still this message appear.

@ Thomas John

I looked at the pdf file you attached.

The pop up is asking for SNo.2 , which is blank. You could try repeating the same TAN for S2 and fill everything, like Salary, TDS also.

ITR-1 validation errors this season are mostly coming from the new capital gains disclosure field and the renamed section references in Schedule EI after the Income Tax Act renumbering. Try the offline JSON utility from the e-filing portal since it gives field-level error messages instead of the generic validation failed message on the web form. If the error involves deductions or exemptions that seem to have disappeared, this [Income Tax Act 1961 vs 2025 comparison](https://taxgarden.in/blog/income-tax-act-1961-vs-2025) explains which old sections now map to new numbering.

The ITR-1 utility for AY 2026-27 had a known issue in the initial release around bank account pre-validation. The specific error where it shows a validated account but does not allow selection for refund is a portal bug, not a filing error on your part.

Three things to try:
1. Use the offline Excel utility instead of the online portal. Millions have filed successfully with it and it bypasses the portal validation bug.
2. If filing online, delink all non-prevalidated bank accounts from your profile and keep only one prevalidated account. The select account button usually unlocks after this.
3. Log out, clear browser cache completely, and use Chrome or Edge. The new portal has compatibility issues with Firefox.

The Income Tax portal team pushes fixes without announcing them, so if none of these work today, try again after 48 hours.

This [step-by-step ITR filing guide with screenshots for AY 2026-27](https://taxgarden.in/blog/itr-login-itr-filing-step-by-step-all-types-itrs-screenshots-2026) covers the current pre-validation steps in detail.