Taxpayers falling under the ITR-2 category can now begin filing their Income Tax Returns for Assessment Year (AY) 2026-27, as the Income Tax Department has officially enabled both online filing and the Excel Utility on the e-filing portal.
The latest update brings relief to salaried individuals, pensioners, and taxpayers having capital gains, foreign assets, multiple house properties, or income from sources other than business and profession, who were awaiting activation of the ITR-2 utility for the current assessment year.
ITR 2
For Individuals and HUFs not having income from profits and gains of business or profession.
Utility Excel Based (Version 1.0) (8.79 MB )
- Date of release of latest version of utility: 26th May 2026
- Date of release of first version of utility: 26th May 2026
Schema (380 KB)
- Date of first release of JSON Schema: 26th May 2026
- Date of latest release of JSON Schema: 26th May 2026
Validations (723 KB)
- Date of first release of validation: 26th May 2026
- Date of latest release of validation: 26th May 2026
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