Central Board of Direct Taxes,

e-Filing Project

AY 2021-22 - ITR 4 - Schema Change

Document

Version 1.2
21st July 2021

Directorate of Income Tax (Systems)

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New Delhi – 110055

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Document Revision List

Document Name: ‘ITR 4 Schema Changes for AY 2021-22’

Version Number: 1.2

Revision Details

Version No. Revision Date Revision Description Page Number

1.2 21 July, 2021 Refer Section 2.2 6

1.1 27 April, 2021 Refer Section 2.1 5
1.0 03 April, 2021 Initial Release NA

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Contents

1. Purpose ............................................................................................. 5

2. Release changes ................................................................................. 5

2.1 Schema changes as on 27th April, 2021 to the Original Schema
released on 03rd April, 2021 .................................................................... 5
2.2 Schema changes as on 21st July, 2021 to the Original Schema
released on 03rd April, 2021 .................................................................... 6

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List of Tables
Table 1: 27 April, 2021 Changes .................................................................................................... 5
Table 2: 21 July, 2021 Changes...................................................................................................... 6

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1. Purpose
The purpose of this document is to track the changes done in ITR 4 Schema post first release.

2. Release changes
Below section describes the list of JSON schema changes since the first production
release of the schema for Assessment year 2021-22.

2.1 Schema changes as on 27th April, 2021 to the Original

Schema released on 03rd April, 2021

Table 1: 27 April, 2021 Changes

Change
S.N JSON Root Element JSON Element Name Change
Description
Address Modified Maximum and
1 PinCode
minimum values
added
AddressDetail PinCode Modified Maximum and
2 minimum values
added
AddressDetail80G PinCode Modified Maximum and
3 minimum values
added
CreationInfo JSONCreationDate Modified Date pattern
4 changed
PersonalInfo DOB Modified Date pattern
5 changed
FilingStatus OrigRetFiledDate Modified Date pattern
6 changed
FilingStatus NoticeDateUnderSec Modified Date pattern
7 changed
FilingStatus Form10IEDate Modified Date pattern
8 changed
TaxPayment DateDep Modified Date pattern
9 changed
IncomeDeductions AnnualValue Modified Exclusive minimum
10 removed
IncomeDeductions GrossTotIncome Modified Exclusive minimum
11 removed
Address CountryCodeMobile Modified Exclusive minimum
12 removed
Address MobileNo Modified Exclusive minimum
13 removed
IncomeDeductions IncomeOthSrc Modified Exclusive minimum
14 removed
PersumptiveInc44AE IncChargeableUnderBus Modified Exclusive minimum
15 removed
Address CountryCodeMobileNoSec Modified Exclusive minimum
16 removed
Address MobileNoSec Modified Exclusive minimum
17 removed

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2.2 Schema changes as on 21st July, 2021 to the Original

Schema released on 03rd April, 2021

Table 2: 21 July, 2021 Changes

Change
S.N JSON Root Element JSON Element Name Change
Description
Form_ITR4 Modified Schema version
1. 1 SchemaVer
has been changed
Form_ITR4 FormVer Modified Form version has
2. 2 been changed
FilingStatus ReturnFileSec Modified Enum “15” , “16” are
3. removed and
Default “11” has been
added
OthersIncDtlsOthSrc DividendInc Modified Removed from
4. 3 “OthersInc” and
added in
“OthersIncDtlsOthSrc
”
OthersInc TotDividendInc Removed Total field has been
5. 4 removed
AddressDetail PinCode Modified Max and Min
6. 5 condition has been
removed
TDSonOthThanSalDtls DeductedYr Modified “Enum” is modified to
7. remove dropdowns
from 2001 to 2007.
SWVersionNo Default Added Default value of 1.0
8. is added
IntermediaryCity Default Added Default value of
9. “Delhi” is added
UseForRefund Default Added Default value of
10. “false” is added
PhoneNo Default Added Default value is “0” is
11. added in “String” to
make it in align with
AY 2020-21
- Default Added Default value of “0” is
12. added in 67 places as
required to make in
align with AY 2020-
21

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