India: Simplified Income-Tax return forms

By | April 5, 2017
(Last Updated On: April 5, 2017)

India: Simplified income-tax return forms

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has revised income-tax return (ITR) forms for assessment year 2017-2018. The total number of ITR forms has been reduced from nine to seven.

The key changes include:

  • Single page ITR form for salaried class taxpayers
  • Existing ITR 2, ITR 2A, and ITR 3  merged into one
  • Mandatory electronic filing for all ITR forms, except ITR 1 and ITR 4
  • Amendments to other ITR forms

Read an April 2017 report [PDF 287 KB] prepared by the KPMG member firm in India: CBDT notifies new income-tax return forms for Assessment Year 2017-18

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