New Delhi: The Income Tax Department on Friday released Excel utilities for ITR-2 and ITR-3 form, they can be used to file ITR on income received from taxable capital gains, crypto income and others.

The Income Tax Department had earlier issued only ITR-1 and ITR-4 form (both online and Excel utility), which helped a few limited taxpayers to file their ITR with specified income classifications.

The Income Tax Department announced on the social media platform X, “Taxpayers pay attention! Excel utilities of ITR-2 and ITR-3 are now live and are available to file.”

It further stated, “In the download section of the E-Filing ITR portal of the Income Tax Department, you can download ITR-2 and ITR-3 utilities. After downloading, after downloading, you will get a Windows ZIP file, from which Excel file can be obtained.”

According to the Income Tax Department website, from July 11, ITR-2 can be filed by individuals or HUFs who are not eligible to file ITR-1 (spontaneous). Apart from this, according to the department, individuals who do not have the income of profit and loss from business or profession and also do not have the income and loss income from business or profession as interest, salary, bonus, commission or remuneration from the partnership firm, they can also file ITR-2.

If the income added to the income of people is included in the income of any other person like spouse, minor children etc., then they also come under ITR-2. The Income Tax Department had extended the last date for filing income tax returns for FY 2024-25 (Assessment Year 2025-26) on 27 May from 31 July, 2025 to September 15, 2025.

The IT department had said that this detail is expected to reduce the concerns raised by the stakeholders to reduce and compliance, which will ensure the integrity and accuracy of the process of filing the return.