General Instructions for Returns until A.Y. 2020-21

1. Select the Assessment Year

2. Download and extract the zip file containing the utilities to the folder and open the utility

3. System Requirements

• Excel Utilities: Macro enabled MS-Office Excel version 2007/2010/2013 on Microsoft Windows 7 / 8 /10 with .Net Framework (3.5 & above). Click here to install and restart your system post installation

• Java Utilities: Microsoft Windows 7/8/10, Linux and Mac OS 10.x with JRE (Java Runtime Environment) Version 8 with latest updates.

• JRE can be downloaded from https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

General Instructions for Returns from A.Y. 2021-22 onwards

1. Select the Assessment Year

2. Download and extract the zip file containing the utilities to the folder and open the utility

3. System Requirements

• Utility: 

Windows OS

Architecture: ia32, x36

Windows 7 or later are supported (ia64, x64 systems binaries will run on ia32)

Please note, the ARM version of windows is not supported.

Note:

1. libstdc++ 6 ABI 1.3.8 or above in lower environments to function
2. In linux the app should be run in a sandbox mode only.

Hardware:

Intel pentium processor or later that's SSE2 capable or AMD K10 or above core architecture 2 GB of RAM or more.

HDD:

700 MB or more of free space  

• Excel Utilities:

  • Macro enabled MS-Office Excel version 2007/2010/2013 on Microsoft Windows 7 / 8 /10 with .Net Framework (3.5 & above). Click here to install and restart your system post installation

The instructions, utilities, schemas and validation rules will be updated as and when there is a change after due approval from ITD