Quick Summary
The Income Tax Department has released the Excel-based utility for ITR-7 for the Assessment Year (AY) 2026-27, enabling eligible taxpayers to begin preparing and filing their income tax returns.
ITR-7 is applicable to persons, including companies, who are required to furnish returns under Sections 139(4A), 139(4B), 139(4C), or 139(4D) of the Income Tax Act, 2025. This generally covers charitable and religious trusts, political parties, certain institutions, universities, colleges, and other entities claiming exemption under the relevant provisions.
Utility Excel Based (Version 1.0) (5.86 MB)
- Date of release of latest version of utility: 09-Jul-2026
- Date of release of first version of utility: 09-Jul-2026
Schema (414 KB)
- Date of first release of JSON Schema: 09-Jul-2026
- Date of latest release of JSON Schema: 09-Jul-2026
Validations (565 KB)
- Date of first release of validation: 09-Jul-2026
- Date of latest release of validation: 09-Jul-2026
FAQ :
The Income Tax Department has released the Excel-based utility for ITR-7 for the Assessment Year (AY) 2026-27.
ITR-7 is for persons, including companies, required to file returns under Sections 139(4A), 139(4B), 139(4C), or 139(4D) of the Income Tax Act, 2025. This typically includes charitable and religious trusts, political parties, and certain institutions.
The latest version of the ITR-7 Excel utility was released on 09-Jul-2026.
The ITR-7 Excel utility (Version 1.0) is 5.86 MB.
The JSON Schema and validation files were also released on 09-Jul-2026 and are available for download.
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