CBDT has notified the ITR-5 Form for Assessment Year 2025–26 under the Income-tax (Fourteenth Amendment) Rules, 2025. - 42/2025 - Income Tax

MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) NOTIFICATION NO. 42/2025 New Delhi, the 1st May, 2025 G.S.R 286(E) . In exercise of the powers conferred by section 139 read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) , the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962 , namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (Fourteenth Amendment) Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of April, 2025. 2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 , in Appendix-II , for FORM ITR-5, the following FORM shall be substituted, namely: [F. No. 370142/17/2025-TPL] SURBENDU THAKUR, Under Secy., Tax Policy and Legislation Note.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section(ii) vide number S.O. 969 (E), dated the 26th March, 1962 and was last amended vide notification GSR 279(E), dated the 30th April, 2025. Explanatory Memorandum- It is hereby certified that no person shall be adversely affected by giving retrospective effect to these rules.