CBDT Updates ITR-2 Schema for AY 2026-27, Adds Editable Auto-Populated Detail Tags Across Four Schedules

The Central Board of Direct Taxes' e-Filing Project has issued Version 1.2 of the ITR-2 Schema Change Document for Assessment Year 2026-27, recording fresh schema changes dated 13 August 2026. The update is relevant to tax-return software developers, intermediaries and Chartered Accountants who rely on the JSON schema while preparing or validating ITR-2 filings.

What changed

The official change document states that Version 1.2 adds a new field or tag named EditAutopoulatedDetail in four ITR-2 schedules: ScheduleCGFor23, ScheduleCYLA, ScheduleBFLA and ScheduleSI. CBDT describes each as a tag addition with a new field added. The document does not itself announce a new tax rate, statutory deadline or substantive computation rule.

Version history

The document records an initial schema release on 26 May 2026, Version 1.1 changes dated 26 June 2026, and the current Version 1.2 changes dated 13 August. The June revision modified the SubCategory element under OthersIncDtlEI and added a new Description field there.

What professionals should check

Schema changes can affect how return data is generated, imported and validated. Teams using third-party or in-house return-preparation systems should compare their ITR-2 mappings with Version 1.2 and verify support for the new tag in all four affected schedules. Users relying on official utilities should keep the latest utility, schema and validation rules in use.

For AY 2026-27 ITR-2 work, Version 1.2 dated 13 August 2026 is the relevant official change document. The update is technical, so professionals should not infer any change in tax rates, eligibility or filing deadlines from the schema revision alone.

Useful official links

CBDT e-Filing ITR-2 Schema Change Document for AY 2026-27 Version 1.2

Key takeaway

The official schema revision is directly relevant to tax-return preparers, software teams and CAs working on AY 2026-27 ITR-2 filings.