ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 forms for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) available now on e-filing income tax portal
The Income Tax Department has enabled the online income tax return forms, ITR-1, ITR-2 and ITR-4, for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) on the e-filing portal. The online ITR forms have been enabled from April 1, 2024. With the availability of income tax return forms, taxpayers eligible to file their tax returns using these ITR forms can now file their ITR for FY 2023-24.
The tax department had earlier released the offline Excel utilities of ITR-1, ITR-2 and ITR-4. The offline JSON utilities for ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 and ITR-6 for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) have also been released.
The last date to file income tax returns for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) is July 31, 2024.
Ways to file income tax return
A taxpayer can file his/her ITR either completely online on the tax department’s e-filing income tax portal or partially online, partially offline using the JSON and Excel utilities.
Filing ITR completely online: A taxpayer can file his/her income tax return completely online by logging into his/her account on the e-filing income tax portal. Once logged in, a taxpayer can file his/her return completely online under the ‘File income tax return’ option. Here, most of the taxpayer’s data is pre-filled online from their Annual Information Statement (AIS) and Form 26AS. However, tax experts advise that the pre-filed data must be cross-checked from their documents such as Form 16, ..
