itr-wala

File your Indian income tax return from your terminal. No CA, no ₹3,000 fee, no 3 hours on the portal. Every rupee of tax math computed by tested code, not by an LLM.

New: plan FY 2026-27 advance tax alongside existing FY 2025-26 filing support.

⏳ Missed filing for income earned April 2025 to March 2026? You can still file by 31 December 2026, unless assessment finishes earlier. Submit and e-verify by then to avoid late verification crossing the cutoff. The late fee is ₹1,000 for income up to ₹5 lakh, otherwise ₹5,000, plus applicable interest. Statutory dates.

Seen in the wild: a reel by @ezsnippet (3.7M followers) walked through this repo: "ab tum bina CA ke bhi Income Tax return bhar sakte ho, ITR-Wala use karke." 1.2M views in a week, and the repo's busiest week so far. Filed with itr-wala? Two lines in this thread help the next filer.

# Review-first (recommended): clone, read it, install the bytes you just read
git clone https://github.com/karanb192/itr-wala.git
cd itr-wala && ./install.sh          # also: codex, gemini, all

# Or scope it to just the folder your tax documents live in
cd ~/tax-2026 && ~/itr-wala/install.sh --here

# Claude Code plugin (name whichever repo you trust)
/plugin marketplace add karanb192/itr-wala
/plugin install itr-wala@itr-wala

# Codex plugin (same repo doubles as a Codex marketplace)
codex plugin marketplace add https://github.com/karanb192/itr-wala
codex plugin add itr-wala@itr-wala

# Or the skills.sh one-liner (fetches the default branch head; pick your agent when prompted)
npx skills add karanb192/itr-wala

Run from a checkout, install.sh never touches the network - it copies the files you just read. See Install from a branch you reviewed for why that matters when the tool handles your salary and bank data.

Historical FY 2025-26 recording (July 2026): the GIF shows the earlier 47-test build. Run the current self-test for the current suite and year selection.

Then open your agent and say "file my ITR". Hand it your Form 16 and AIS. It does the rest - except the three things only you should ever do: pay, submit, e-verify.

Or say "Plan my advance tax for FY 2026-27". It asks for an as-of date, your expected income for the whole year, tax employers and banks will deduct, and receipts for advance tax already paid. Python computes how much to pay next and by when. You approve every estimate. Final documents replace those estimates before preparing a return. The payment target excludes late fees and interest. See the advance-tax workflow.

The agent confirms which financial year and whether you are filing a return or planning advance tax. Each year has its own dates and legal labels; an unknown year is rejected.

Income year	What you can use it for	Legal year
FY 2025-26, April 2025 to March 2026	Return preparation and belated filing	AY 2026-27, Income-tax Act 1961
FY 2026-27, April 2026 to March 2027	Annual tax comparison and advance-tax targets, including 15 December 2026 and 15 March 2027	Tax Year 2026-27, Income-tax Act 2025