The Income Tax Department has officially released the updated Excel Utility for Income Tax Return (ITR) Form 5 for the Assessment Year (AY) 2025-26. This new utility is now available for taxpayers who need to file ITR-5, allowing them to prepare and submit their tax returns using the latest version. The utility and its associated JSON schema were first released on 8th August 2025.
The Income Tax Department has released the Excel Utility of ITR-5 for the Assessment Year (AY) 2025-26. Taxpayers who are required to file ITR-5 can now prepare and submit their returns using this updated utility.
For persons other than- (i) individual, (ii) HUF, (iii) company and (iv) person filing Form ITR-7
Utility Excel Based (Version 1.0) (15.9 MB)
Date of release of first version of utility: 8th August 2025
Schema (1 MB)
Date of first release of JSON Schema: 8th August 2025
FAQ :
The Income Tax Department has released the Excel Utility for ITR-5 for the Assessment Year (AY) 2025-26.
Taxpayers who are required to file ITR-5 can use this utility. This includes persons other than individuals, HUFs, companies, and those filing Form ITR-7.
The first version of the utility was released on 8th August 2025.
Yes, the JSON schema for ITR-5 was also released on 8th August 2025.
The Excel Based Utility (Version 1.0) has a file size of 15.9 MB.