AY 2026-27 · CBDT JSON Schema V1.0

Validated ITR JSON in 60 seconds.

Upload Form 16 or fill four fields. Finacra ITR pre-fills the boilerplate, validates 26 high-frequency CBDT rules plus the full schema shape, and hands you a JSON the offline utility and Genius accept on the first import.

ITR-1 / 2 / 3 / 4 covered today · No card · No account required for Free tier

Why Finacra ITR

Built for the CA who already knows what to fill.

The offline utility is fine if you have an afternoon. Genius is fine if you have a licence. This is for the in-between — single filing, fast, valid, free.

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Form 16 → JSON

OCR + LLM extract gross salary, TDS, TAN, employer name straight from your PDF. Sanitised against PAN/TAN regex; never silently dropped.

CBDT-schema valid

Full draft-04 JSON-Schema validation plus 26 hand-curated semantic rules — return rejection rates are zero on import.

Free forever for one filing

Free tier covers single filings end-to-end. No watermark, no time-limit, no card-on-file. Pro/Firm add saved profiles + batch.

60 seconds, not 60 minutes

PII, CreationInfo, FilingStatus, Verification.Declaration all auto-filled. You touch four fields and download.

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Plays with Genius

Output matches the offline utility shape exactly, which means it imports cleanly into Genius and any vendor that consumes the CBDT schema.

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Your data, your machine

Free tier runs without saving anything server-side. Pro saves profiles only with consent + encrypted at rest.

Coverage

Same forms the IT Department ships.

ITR-1 / 2 / 3 / 4 covered today against CBDT JSON Schema V1.0 for AY 2026-27. ITR-5 / 6 / 7 are pending schema bundling and will land before the next filing window.

How it works

Four steps. The fourth is on the IT-Dept portal.

  1. 01
    Pick a form.

    ITR-1 through ITR-4 — same picker the offline utility uses.

  2. 02
    Upload Form 16 or fill four fields.

    OCR pulls gross salary, TDS, TAN, employer name. Or type them in — your call.

  3. 03
    Download the JSON.

    CBDT-utility shape with CreationInfo, FilingStatus, and Verification.Declaration auto-filled.

  4. 04
    Import into the offline utility or Genius and file.

    Operator finishes any prompts the utility asks for. Submission on the IT-Dept portal stays human-gated until vendor-API approval lands.

Pricing

Free for one filing. Paid when you do this for a living.

Pricing is per-season because filing is seasonal. No subscription guilt during the eleven months you aren't filing.

Free
₹0forever
Try it on one filing
  • ITR-1/2/3/4 all four forms
  • Pre-fill from manual entry
  • Form 16 OCR auto-fill
  • CBDT-schema-valid JSON
  • 26 semantic + AJV checks
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Pro
₹999per filing season
Individual CA filing a handful of clients
  • Everything in Free
  • Saved client profiles
  • Validation-report .md
  • Form 16 PDF auto-fill
  • Priority support Jul-Aug
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Firm
₹4,999per filing season
CA firm — multi-client batch
  • Everything in Pro
  • Unlimited profiles
  • Multi-client batch ZIP
  • Up to 5 reviewer seats
  • API access (when CBDT M2M lands)
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FAQ

Five questions a CA actually asks.

Does Finacra ITR file directly to the IT Department?

No. We generate a CBDT-schema-valid JSON. Submission still happens through the IT Department portal (offline utility or the e-filing portal directly) — a human operator presses the final button. Direct submission via vendor-API lands once CBDT approves machine-to-machine access for our category.

How does this compare to Genius?

Genius is the comprehensive desktop product — great if you need every form, every schedule, and a multi-year licence. Finacra ITR is a focused tool for fast, valid JSON generation for the four most-filed forms. Pro/Firm tiers complement Genius rather than replace it; the JSON we produce imports cleanly into Genius for downstream filing.

Do I need a Finacra account?

No, the Free tier is fully public. Sign in (Google or email link) only when you want Pro/Firm features — saved profiles, batch filing, validation history. The same login works across Finacra and Finacra ITR.

Which assessment year does this cover?

AY 2026-27 (FY 2025-26), against CBDT JSON Schema V1.0. The schema bundle updates as CBDT publishes revisions; existing users get the new schemas automatically on next visit.

What happens to the data I enter?

Free tier: nothing is persisted server-side beyond the request lifecycle — the JSON is generated and streamed back to you. Pro tier: client profiles you choose to save are encrypted at rest and visible only to your account. We never share filing data with third parties.