The Income Tax Department, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, has enabled online filing as well as the Excel-based Offline Utility for Income Tax Return Form ITR-2 for Assessment Year 2026–27 on the official e-Filing portal. The utility and all associated resources have been released with effect from 26th May, 2026 and are available for download at the Income Tax e-Filing Portal. Taxpayers eligible to file ITR-2 are advised to make use of the newly enabled resources for return filing obligations within the prescribed time limits.
ITR 2
For Individuals and HUFs not having income from profits and gains of business or profession.
Document: Utility Excel Based (Version 1.0) (8.79 MB )
Date of release of latest version of utility 26-May-2026
Date of release of first version of utility 26-May-2026
Document: Schema (380 KB)
Date of first release of JSON Schema 26-May-2026
Date of latest release of JSON Schema 26-May-2026
Document: Validations (723 KB)
Date of first release of validation 26-May-2026
Date of latest release of validation
The e-Filing portal can be accessed at: https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/downloads/income-tax-returns
