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| Source of Income | Applicable ITR Form for FY 2015-16 Return | |||||
| ITR 1 | ITR 2 A | ITR 2 | ITR 3 | ITR 4S | ITR 4 | |
| Income from Salary/ Pension; or | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Income from One House Property (excluding cases where loss is brought forward from previous years); or | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Income from One House Property (Including cases where loss is brought forward from previous years); or | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Income from more than One House Property (excluding/including cases where loss is brought forward from previous years); or | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Income from Other Sources (excluding Winning from Lottery and Income from Race Horses) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Income from Other Sources (including Winning from Lottery and Income from Race Horses) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Income from capital gain | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Income from proprietorship business other than presumtive | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Income from Presumptive business | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Income from Profession (for information purpose) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Income from Partnership Firm (for information purpose) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| If you have agriculture income Below Rs 5000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| If you have agriculture income above Rs 5000 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Speculative Income, if any | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| House Property Losses to be carried forwarded | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Capital Gain Losses to be carried forwarded | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Business Losses to be carried forwarded | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Any resident having any asset (including financial interest in any entity) located outside India or signing authority in any account located outside India. | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| You have foreign assets | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| You have exempt income which is more than Rs. 5,000 (Other than Agricultural income) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Exempt Income with ceiling and Exempt income of Share of profit from Firm as a partner | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
