Now You Can File ITR: Income Tax Department Issued ITR-1 And ITR-4 Forms, Last Date 15 September

Income Tax Department has made available Excel Utility for ITR-1 and 4 for Financial Year 2024-25 or Assessment Year 2025-26. The department said on Friday that taxpayers can now file their income tax returns.

The Income Tax Department gave this information by sharing a post on social media platform X. “Taxpayers note, Excel Utility is now available for ITR-1 and ITR-4”, the department wrote in the post This step has been taken to make return filing easy and seamless for taxpayers.

For which taxpayers is the ITR-1 form?

Income Tax Return Form-1 (ITR-1) is for taxpayers who earn from Limited Source. This form has been named Sahaj. For the current assessment year only resident individuals earning Rs 50 lakh or less can file this form.

This includes salaries, house earnings, interest and other income sources on which long-term capital gains of up to Rs 1.25 lakh and agricultural income of up to Rs 5,000 may be included under section 112A. If you also fit these parameters, you can use this form to file returns.

Who can fill the ITR-4 form?

Whereas the ITR-4 form has been named Sugam. This return form is for people earning from small business or profession. It can be filled by Resident Individuals, Hindu Undivided Families (HUF) and Firms (except LLP).

However, your total annual income should be less than Rs 50 lakh. Whereas income from business or profession will be calculated under section 44AD, 44ADA or 44AE. It also includes Long-Term Capital Gain (LTCG) of up to Rs.1.25 lakh under Section 112A.

Income tax can be filed till 15th September

Earlier, the Tax Department has extended the last date for filing income tax returns for FY 2025 from 31 July to 15 September 2025. The Income Tax Department had given this information on 27 May.

Usually ITR filings start on April 1st, but this year it is delayed. Last year also it started in April. The reason for the delay was the non-availability of online tools required for ITR forms.

CA said- Extension will provide relief to taxpayers

CA Anand Jain had said – ‘This extension is a welcome step, as ITR filing facility is not available on the tax portal till 5 pm on 27 May 2025.

In many cases, the Annual Information Statement i.e. AIS is also not available properly. Therefore, this extension will provide relief to both professionals and taxpayers

What are e-filing utilities and why are they so important?

E-filing utilities are the software tools that the Income Tax Department provides to taxpayers to file their returns. There are two types:

Online Utility: It is mostly used by individual taxpayers like salaried people. It contains pre-filled data such as salary, interest, income and TDS.

JSON and Excel Utilities: These are used by tax professionals, where data is filled offline and uploaded to the portal. It is not possible to file returns without these tools, as they are essential for data validation, form submission and system integration.

What will happen if returns are not filed on time?

If the return is not filed by 15 September 2025, there will be a penalty of Rs 1,000 for those earning less than Rs 5 lakh and Rs 5,000 for those earning more than Rs 5 lakh.

At the same time, the tax outstanding will bear 1% monthly interest under section 234A. Except for house property, business or capital loss cannot be carried forward next year.

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