Income-Tax Returns, May 17 -- The Income-Tax Department in a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) stated that Excel Utility for ITR-1 and ITR-4 forms have been made available for taxpayers for AY2026-27 i.e. FY2025-26.

"Attention taxpayers! The Excel utility and online filing for ITR-1 and ITR-4 for AY 2026-27 has been enabled and is now available for taxpayers on the e-Filing portal," the official Income-Tax India account on X wrote.

This means that taxpayers can prepare returns offline using the excel-based utilities, before uploading them digitally.

Eligible taxpayers can now visit the official portal, download the forms, fill them out, generate a JSON file, and upload it online after proper verification and cross-chec...