Tax Year 2025-26 · due 31-Jul-2026
TaxCare fetches your records from the Income Tax portal, checks every figure, compares both regimes and files the right form. You approve in one tap.
Key figures for Tax Year 2025-26
Taken from the same rule tables the TaxCare app files with.
What changes for you, and how TaxCare handles it.
Salary from one or more employers, with TDS, interest and deductions.
Pension, family pension and interest on deposits, for people aged 60 and above.
Consultants, doctors, designers, developers — presumptive income under section 44ADA.
Shops, traders and small businesses — presumptive income under section 44AD.
Shares, mutual funds, gains and losses — at the right rate.
Never filed before? Start here — step by step, with 25% off your first return.
Parents, spouse, grown-up children — every PAN at home from one account.
How it works
Sign in, connect your PAN, and TaxCare does the fetching, checking and calculating.
There are four forms for individuals. TaxCare picks yours from your data — here is who each one is for.
Salary or pension, one house, interest — total income up to ₹50,00,000.
Capital gains, more than one house, income above ₹50,00,000 — no business income.
Business or professional income with books, futures and options, or above the presumptive limits.
Presumptive business or professional income under 44AD, 44ADA or 44AE, up to ₹50,00,000.
Missed the due date, or found a mistake after filing? There is a return for that.
Missed the due date? File until 31-Dec-2026, with a late fee.
Found a mistake after filing? Correct it until 31-Mar-2027.
Income left out? Add it until 31-Mar-2031, with additional tax.
Filing isn't only for people who owe tax. File a return if any of these is true for you.
Your first return with TaxCare gets 25% off. The fee follows your income: free up to ₹1,00,000, then from ₹49, and never more than ₹1,499.
See the full price listProperty sales, crypto, GST-registered businesses, partners in a firm and directors are filed by a verified TaxCare Tax Expert. TaxCare tells you when, and you can choose an expert any time.
The price is shown before you book.
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31-Jul-2026 if you have no business income and no audit; 31-Aug-2026 if you have business or professional income without an audit; 21-Nov-2026 if your accounts need an audit.
You can still file a belated return until 31-Dec-2026. A late fee of ₹5,000 applies (₹1,000 if your total income is up to ₹5,00,000), plus interest on any tax still due.
You don't have to choose. TaxCare works out ITR-1, 2, 3 or 4 from your records and shows you why. If none fits, a Tax Expert can file your return.
Usually not. TaxCare fetches your AIS, TIS and Form 26AS or Form 168 from the Income Tax portal. Keep Form 16 and proofs of old-regime deductions handy to check against.
Yes. You can hand your return to a verified TaxCare Tax Expert from inside the app. The price is shown before you book, and nothing is filed without your approval.
Yes. Add your own PAN first, then each family member's. Each return is filed separately and you manage them all from one account.
Your first return with TaxCare gets 25% off. The fee follows your income: free up to ₹1,00,000, then from ₹49 — never more than ₹1,499.