The Income Tax Department has introduced different forms for easy and convenient for ITR Filing. It is important for you to know which form is relevant to your source of income. Based on the same, you need to file the form before the last date of return filing as specified by the Income Tax department. ITR 5 is one such form that is ideal for a specific class of taxpayers. Explained ahead are some important details about ITR 5 filing.

ITR-5 must be filed by firms, LLPs (Limited Liability Partnerships), AOPs (Association of persons) and BOIs (Body of Individuals), artificial juridical person, cooperative society and local authority.

ITR-5 cannot be filed by Taxpayers who fall under the below category:

1. Person required to file the return of income under section 139(4A) or 139(4B) or 139(4C) or 139(4D) (i.e., Trusts, Political party, Institutions, Colleges, etc.)
2. Individuals, HUFs (Hindu Undivided Families), Companies

ITR-5 form is to be used when the assesse Mentioned :

TR Form 5 is a form suitable for bodies such as firms, Body of Individuals (BOIs), Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), Artificial Juridical Person (AJP), Association of Persons (AOPs), estate of insolvent, estate of deceased, investment fund, business trust, local authority, and co-operative society for filing the ITR.

The last day for filing Income tax returns for FY 2020-21 is 31st December 2021 for most of the individual taxpayers. Last date for income tax return filing for taxpayers whose accounts needs to be audited is 15th February 2022.