The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has released the Excel-based offline utilities for Income Tax Return (ITR) Forms 2 and 3 for the Assessment Year (AY) 2025-26. These utilities are now available for download on the official income tax e-filing portal.

ITR 2
For Individuals and HUFs not having income from profits and gains of business or profession.
Utility Excel Based (Version 1.0) (8.93 MB)
Date of release of first version of utility: 11th July 2025
Schema (45.4 KB)
Date of first release of JSON Schema: 11th July 2025
Validations (711 KB)
Date of first release of validation: 11th July 2025
ITR 3
For individuals and HUFs having income from profits and gains of business or profession.
Utility Excel Based (Version 1.0) (10.8 MB)
Date of release of first version of utility: 11th July 2025
Schema (85.8 KB)
Date of first release of JSON Schema: 11th July 2025
Validations (1.04 MB)
Date of first release of validation: 11th July 2025