File your ITR without learning the ITR.

Which return are you filing?

• ITR-1 Sahaj The simplest return, for straightforward salaried income. Income it covers
  • Salary or pension, including family pension
  • Up to 2 house properties (self-occupied or rented out)
  • Bank or FD interest, and dividends
  • Gains on listed shares/equity funds only up to ₹1.25 lakh, long-term only
  Who can use it
  • Individual only -- an HUF cannot file this form
  • Resident and ordinarily resident for the year
  • Total income ₹50,00,000 or less
  • Agricultural income ₹5,000 or less
  • At most 2 house properties
  • No short-term capital gains at all, and no gains outside listed equity
  • Not a company director, and no unlisted shares
  • No foreign income, foreign assets or signing authority abroad
  • No losses brought forward from an earlier year, or carried to the next
  Not for you if income is over ₹50 lakh, you sold property, gold, debt funds or foreign shares, own more than 2 houses, or have foreign assets.
• ITR-2 Everything ITR-1 covers, plus capital gains and foreign assets. Income it covers
  • Capital gains of any size -- shares, mutual funds, property, gold, crypto
  • More than 2 house properties
  • Foreign income, foreign shares (RSUs/ESPPs), or foreign accounts
  • Income above ₹50 lakh, or agricultural income above ₹5,000
  Who can use it
  • Individual or HUF
  • No income ceiling -- any amount
  • Any capital gains, any number of house properties
  • Company directors and holders of unlisted shares are fine here
  • Foreign assets and income are reported here (Schedule FA)
  • One hard bar: no business or professional income of any kind
  Not for you if you have any business, freelance, F&O or intraday income -- that's ITR-3.
• ITR-3 Everything ITR-2 covers, plus business and professional income. Income it covers
  • Freelance, consulting, or professional fees
  • Business income, including as a sole proprietor
  • F&O or intraday trading (these count as business, not capital gains)
  • Presumptive income under 44AD/44ADA alongside other ITR-2 items
  Who can use it
  • Individual or HUF
  • No income ceiling, and no exclusions -- this form accepts everything
  • The only form that takes business or professional income
  • A partner's share, salary or interest from a firm belongs here
  • Not modelled yet: full books of account and s.44AB tax audit
  Not for you if every business you run is on the presumptive scheme and nothing else pushes you up -- that is ITR-4, a far shorter form for the same income.
• ITR-4 Sugam The short return for a business or profession taxed on a presumed profit. Income it covers
  • A small business declaring profit under Section 44AD
  • A professional -- consultant, doctor, architect -- declaring under 44ADA
  • Goods carriages taxed per vehicle per month under 44AE
  • Salary, one house property and interest alongside the business
  Who can use it
  • Individual or HUF, resident and ordinarily resident for the year
  • Total income ₹50,00,000 or less
  • Section 44AD turnover up to ₹3 crore; 44ADA receipts up to ₹75 lakh
  • *Every* business in the return presumptive -- one set of books anywhere means ITR-3
  • At most 2 house property, and no brought-forward or carried-forward loss
  • No foreign income, foreign assets or signing authority abroad
  Not for you if you keep books for any business, trade F&O or intraday, hold crypto, or your receipts are over the presumptive limit -- all of those are ITR-3.
• Not sure yet Recommended Answer a few plain questions and the right form is worked out for you. Income it covers
  • No tax knowledge needed -- describe your year, not your schedules
  • The form updates as you answer, with the reason shown
  • You can still see and change everything before download
  How it works
  • Nothing to check -- the rules above are applied to your answers for you
  • Picking a form yourself is only a shortcut; the engine still has the final say
  • If your pick turns out to be wrong for your facts, you are told which one fits

Every return here is prepared for someone resident in India for the whole year. Non-resident and RNOR filing is not supported yet, and you are told so rather than quietly given the wrong form.

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