Income Tax News: Online ITR-2 Filing Rolled Out With Auto-Filled Details: Tax Filing Simplified, Check How It Will Help Taxpayers

Today, the Income Tax Department officially launched the online filing system for ITR-2, which now has data that has already been filled in. This is a big step toward making tax compliance easier for people and Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) with more complicated income sources.

Through the link, you could only get ITR-1 (Sahaj) and ITR-4 (Sugam) until today. Taxpayers who needed ITR-2 or ITR-3 had to use offline Excel tools, which were a slow process that involved making JSON files and uploading them by hand. When ITR-2 online with auto-filled details goes live, users will no longer have to do that. They can now file straight on the portal.

Kind Attention Taxpayers!

Income Tax Return Form of ITR-2 is now enabled for filing through online mode with pre-filled data at the e-filing portal.

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What's new?

Form 26AS, the Annual Information Statement (AIS), the Taxpayer Information Summary (TIS), and the PAN now immediately fill in the necessary information.

It gets rid of the need to download Excel sheets or make and share JSON files, which speeds up the filing process.

Who needs to fill out ITR-2 online?

ITR-2 is for people or HUFs who don't have business or professional income and get their money from pensions or salaries.

Gains in stocks and real estate (including split reporting before and after July 23, 2024) with capital gains

Multiple homes for sale

Foreign investments or digital currencies like crypto can bring in money. Taxpayers who are not businesses can now use the auto-fill tool to make their forms faster and more accurate.

Why the delay and the increase of the due date?

ITR-1 and ITR-4 tools were released in May, but ITR-2 and ITR-3 downloads didn't come out until more than 100 days later. This is because the Finance Act 2024 made changes to the law that required major form reorganization. Because of this, the deadline for filing ITRs for Assessment Year 2025–26 has been pushed back from July 31, 2025, to September 15, 2025.

How will this help people file their taxes faster?

Gets rid of boring steps like making JSON files and uploading them multiple times, which saves time and effort.

Better accuracy

When records are automatically filled in from reliable sources like AIS, TIS, and 26AS, mistakes and mismatches are less likely to happen.

Much more openness

Integrating with official data makes sure that all information is shared and makes cross-checking easy, which lowers the risk of underreporting or leaving out information.

Less strict deadlines

The extra time until September 15, 2025, gives people who are working on more complicated tax returns, like those for capital gains and crypto trades, a chance to breathe.

Experience that is easy to use

The full online choice gets rid of the need for offline tools, so people whose only need is digital can use it.

Compliance and Trust

Pre-filled inputs and thorough validation rules (more than 700 for ITR-2) make compliance more reliable and help people avoid making mistakes that could lead to notices.

In short:

Online ITR-2 filing with already-filled-out information is a good step toward speed, accuracy, and ease for people with a variety of income sources. Now that you have until the middle of September to file, this change should make it easier for many people this season.