Synopsis
Individuals can compare income tax return filing charges across several platforms. The deadline for filing is July 31, 2026, for many taxpayers. AI-assisted self-filing options are available at lower costs. Expert-assisted plans offer comprehensive support for complex income situations. These services cater to students, salaried individuals, 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
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