Need help with ITR filing? Check the ITR filing charges across various websites for AY 2026-2027 for students, salaried persons, pensioners and NRIs

Since July 31, 2026, is the deadline for students, pensioners, salaried and other individuals who don't need to undergo a tax audit to file their income tax returns. So now it can be it's a great idea to compare ITR filing fees across different websites.

While you can file your income tax return (ITR) for free on theofficial Income tax e-filing portal, if you have numerous transactions from various sources and need help with data processing or if you just don't quite get the different tax schedules, you might want to cosider hiring a CA or using ITR filing websites like ClearTax, Tax2win, TaxBuddy, Taxspanner, Quicko, and other to help you file your ITR.

There are broadly two types of tax plans available with the private tax filing ITR websites:

1. AI assisted self-filing
2. CA assisted filing

In the self-assisted ITR filing, AI or the computer algorithm, processes the raw data from your form 16, AIS, capital gains statement, bank statement, and others and puts it in the ITR form. You then need to cross check and edit if needed and file the ITR yourself. Here you are paying for the computer's processing power.

In the case of CA assisted filing, as the name suggests, a CA will be hired only for handling your ITR, he/she will talk with you to understand your incomes and then give advice on how to put what figure in the ITR form and then you will submit the ITR prepared by the CA. In this plan, you are paying money for using the CA's time.

Also read: Online ITR filing charges across popular websites for AY 2025-26

Here's a comparison of charges for AY 2026-2027

Income sources	ClearTax	TaxBuddy	Tax2Win	Taxspanner	Quicko
Salary, house rent and interest less than Rs 50 lakh	Rs 2,500#	Rs 999	Rs 2,314 to Rs 6,351	Rs 799 to Rs 1,599	Rs 999 to Rs 1,499
Salary, house rent, interest, capital gains, MF, crypto, F&O and intraday.	Rs 4,799	Rs 1,099 to Rs 4,499	Rs 2,314 to Rs 6,351	Rs 3,199 to Rs 6,399	Rs 999 to Rs 1,499
Salary, house rent, interest, capital gains, MF, crypto, F&O, intraday, ESOP, RSU, business income, US stocks and foreign income	Rs 7,499	Rs 2,499 to Rs 2,999	Rs 2,314 to Rs 12,704	Rs 3,199 to Rs 6,399 (Freelancer income: Rs 3,199)	Rs 999 to Rs 1,499
NRI specific plans	Included in standard plans	Rs 4,499	Rs 9,528	Rs 4,799 to Rs 7,999	Rs 999 to Rs 1,499
Premium luxury plans	Rs 29,999	Rs 9,999	-		-

#The original price was Rs 2,799 but after the story was published, ClearTax reached out to us and let us know that the price is now Rs 2,500.

Source: Respective website as on July 23, 2026 11 AM

Also read: ITR filing: Received Section 143(1) intimation with tax demand? Respond within 30 days or risk being treated as an ‘assessee in default’; know how to do it

Self-filing AI assisted plans

Quicko	ClearTax	Tax2Win	TaxBuddy	Taxspanner
Free	Rs 299 to Rs 2,999	Rs 648 to Rs 1787	Rs 699 to Rs 2,999	Rs 399 to Rs 959

Source: Respective website as on July 23, 2026 11.55 AM