Frequently Asked Questions

Under the new e-Pay Tax service, the entire chain of activities related to payment of direct taxes, from generation of challan (CRN) to making payment and recording of the payment history is enabled through the e-Filing portal (Home | Income Tax Department) for Authorized Banks. Filing of Form 26QB/26QC/26QD/26QE is also available under this functionality.

Taxpayers are offered wide range of modes for payment, including Net Banking, Debit card, Pay at Bank Counter

(Over the Counter) in the new functionality. Taxpayers are also given the option to use RTGS/NEFT & Payment Gateway (Net Banking, Debit Card, Credit Card & UPI) modes to make payments through banks which are not authorized to directly collect the taxes. To make payment using this functionality, Challan (CRN) is mandatorily needed to be created on the e-Pay Tax Functionality of the e-Filing Portal. Moreover, CSI (Challan Status Inquiry) facility has been added in the e-Filing portal. TAN users can download the CSI file in Pre login Using quick links and Alternatively, in Post-login, users can go to CSI File download Tab and download the CSI file for tax payments made through the e-Pay Tax service at e-Filing Portal

Presently, Axis Bank, Bandhan Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, City Union Bank, DCB Bank, Federal Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank ,IndusInd Bank, Jammu & Kashmir Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Punjab National Bank, RBL Bank, South Indian Bank, State Bank of India, UCO Bank & Union Bank of India have been enabled for making tax payment through the e-Filing portal, All payments through Authorised Banks are required to be made through the e-Filing portal only. Taxpayers can make payment through Non-Authorised Banks with NEFT/RTGS and Payment Gateway (Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Federal Bank, State Bank of India, HDFC bank & Kotak Bank offers this facility as of now) as the new modes of payment in e-Filing system.

Tax payments through other than Authorised banks can be made via NEFT/RTGS or payment gateway modes at e-Pay Tax service at e-Filing portal

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To access e-Pay Tax Functionality, a taxpayer needs to visit Home | Income Tax Department, where this functionality is available in pre-login (under Quick Links on homepage) as well as post-login mode.

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