The Income Tax Department has launched the ITR-6 Excel Utility, JSON Schema, and Validation Rules for Assessment Year 2026-27. This allows eligible companies to start preparing their income tax returns for Financial Year 2025-26. The first version of the utility was released on August 4, 2026, via the e-Filing portal.
The Income Tax Department has released the much-awaited ITR-6 Excel Utility, along with the corresponding JSON Schema and Validation Rules, for Assessment Year (AY) 2026-27. The release will enable eligible companies to begin preparing and filing their income tax returns for Financial Year 2025-26 using the latest offline utility framework.
The first version of the utility was made available on August 4, 2026, through the Income Tax e-Filing portal.
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The Income Tax Department has released the ITR-6 Excel Utility, JSON Schema, and Validation Rules for Assessment Year 2026-27.
ITR-6 is for companies, except those claiming exemption under Section 11 of the Income-tax Act (income from charitable or religious property).
The first version of the ITR-6 utility was released on August 4, 2026.
The utility can be found on the Income Tax e-Filing portal.
It enables eligible companies to prepare and file their income tax returns for the financial year.