CBDT notifies Income Tax Return forms 1 to 7 for AY 2020-21(FY 2019-20), vide G.S.R. 338(E) dated 29th May, 2020.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE 

(Department of Revenue) 

(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) 

NOTIFICATION 

New Delhi, the 29th May, 2020 

INCOME-TAX 

G.S.R. 338(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. Short title and commencement.–(1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (12th Amendment) Rules, 2020. (2) They shall come into force with effect from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. 

2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, 

(a) in rule 12, in sub-rule (1)─

(I) in clause (a), in the proviso,-

                 (i) in item (V), the word ―or‖ shall be inserted at the end; 

                 (ii) items (VII) and (VIII) shall be omitted; 

(II) in clause (ca), in the proviso, item (VI) shall be omitted. 

(b) in Appendix II, for Form ―Sahaj (ITR-1), Form ITR-2, Form ITR-3, Form Sugam (ITR-4), Form ITR-5, Form ITR-6, Form ITR-7 and Form ITR-V‖, the following Forms shall, respectively, be substituted, namely:— 

[Notification No. 31/2020/F. No. 370142/32/2019-TPL] 

Ankur Goyal, Under Secy.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide notification number S.O. 969(E), dated the 26th March,1962 and last amended by the Income-tax (11th Amendment) Rules, 2020, vide notification number G.S.R. 329 (E) dated 28.5.2020.