CBDT enabled filing of ITR-U on Income Tax portal for AY 2020-21 and AY 2021-22
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (“CBDT”) has enabled the filing of ITR-U on the Income Tax e-filing portal for the Assessment Year (“AY”) 2020-21 and AY 2021-22 using Excel utility for ITR-1 and ITR-4.
The Income Tax E-filing Portal, on Tuesday dated June 27, 2022 has issued an update that says “E-filing of Updated ITR u/s 139(8A) has been enabled for AY 2020-21 and AY 2021-22 using Excel utility for ITR 1 and 4. Refer details in News section. Please click Downloads | Income Tax Department to access and download the same for clicking respective AY folder. Once Updated ITR is prepared, you can upload the XML/JSON by logging into Income-tax website.”
Utility for Updated Return ITR-U:
- ITR 1 (AY 2020-21) https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/sites/default/files/2022-06/ITR1_AY%202020-21_PR3.3.zip
- ITR 4 (AY 2020-21) https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/sites/default/files/2022-06/ITR4_AY%202020-21_PR4.1.zip
- ITR 1 (AY 2021-22) https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/sites/default/files/2022-06/ITR1_AY%202021-22_V1.0.zip
- ITR 4 (AY 2021-22) https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/sites/default/files/2022-06/ITR4_AY%202021-22_V1.0.zip
To upload ITR-U after login go to e-File > Income Tax Returns > File Income Tax Return then select Assessment Year
For AY 2020-21 Only .xml files are allowed.
For AY 2021-22 Only .json files are allowed.
Source #Income Tax Portal
