ITR Filing 2025: Is it mandatory to define the nature of employment while filing income tax return?

While filing your Income Tax Return (ITR), you need to provide information like tax regime, profit and loss statement of capital gain transactions of shares or securities, interest from fixed deposits, and others. Among these information, one important thing you need to define is your nature of employment.

Now, the question is- Is it mandatory to define the nature of employment while filing a return of income?

The answer is yes, it is mandatory to define the nature of employment while filing of return from the following: -

(a) Central government employee

(b) State government employee

(d) Pensioners (cg/sg/psu/other)

(e) Employee of a private sector concern

(f) Not applicable (in case of family pension income)

While filing your income tax return, you don't need to file any form for opting in or opting out of the new tax regime in ITR-1.

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You can simply tick the “Opting out of new regime” in the ITR form without the need to file any Form. Only those taxpayers who file ITR-3, ITR-4, or ITR-5 have to submit Form 10-IEA if they have business income. Individuals and HUFs filing their returns in Forms ITR-1 or 2 are not required to submit Form 10-IEA.

The last date to file ITR is September 15, 2025, as earlier.

As the structure of ITR forms was altered as a result of the Budget 2024 modifications to the income tax regulations, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extended the ITR filing deadline. This includes more data fields to improve transparency, new columns for tax credit claims, and updated reporting of capital gains.

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