Financial Year 2018-19 Income tax department has started the annual income tax return filing ritual recently. The new income tax return (ITR) forms for the FY 2018-19 (assessment year 2019-20) come with a set of changes—essentially more detailed disclosures— taxpayers have to contend with. “The idea is to check evasion and eliminate loopholes,” says Alok Agarwal, Partner, Deloitte India. While the last date for filing income tax returns has been extended to August 31 for assessment year 2019-20 , but you should not wait for last moment. Read on to understand the revisions in ITR 1 and 2 – the forms most relevant for individual, salaried taxpayers as well as pensioners. All ITR forms are already available on incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in for online filing. Changes in ITR 1 The forms take into account announcements made during the Union Budget 2018-19. A field for standard deduction has been introduced—you can claim a f...