Government of India has recently started an e payment service for paying several taxes over internet. At present the following taxes can be paid over internet. This document will give you the step by step procedure for making tax payment.
What you can pay
1) Tax Deducted at Source / Tax Collected at Source (TDS/TCS) from corporates or non-corporates through CHALLAN NO./ITNS 281
2) Payment of Income tax & Corporation Tax CHALLAN NO./ITNS 280
3)Payment of Security Transaction Tax, Hotel Receipts Tax, Estate Duty, Interest Tax, Wealth Tax, Expenditure Tax /Other direct taxes & Gift tax through CHALLAN NO./ITNS 282
4) Payment of Banking Cash Transaction Tax and Fringe Benefits Tax Through CHALLAN NO./ITNS 283
This document will provide a hands on introduction to the epayment system.
Pre-Requisites
1) For payment of tax over internet you need an net banking enabled account with any of the following banks.
# Axis Bank
# State Bank of India
# Punjab National Bank
# Indian Overseas Bank
# Canara Bank
# Indian Bank
# Bank of India
# Corporation Bank
# State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
# State Bank of Travancore
# State Bank of Indore
# Vijaya Bank
# HDFC Bank
# Oriental Bank of Commerce
# State Bank of Patiala
# Bank of Baroda
# IDBI Bank
# State Bank of Mysore
# Bank of Maharashtra
# State Bank of Hyderabad
# State Bank of Saurashtra
# Union Bank of India
# Allahabad Bank
# Dena Bank
# Syndicate Bank
# ICICI Bank
# United Bank of India
# UCO Bank
# Central Bank of India
2) A PC with broadband internet. Never try to pay the tax from internet Cafes. Most of these places are loaded with key loggers, virus etc. (I always do my financial transactions on internet from linux)
3) A printer. You have to take printout of the receipt and present it along with returns.
Preparing the Challan
Now open the site https://onlineservices.tin.nsdl.com/etaxnew/tdsnontds.jsp You will get the following screen ( if you want to see full screen images of screens shots used in this tutorial double click on the relevant image).
Depending on the type of tax you have to pay select the relevant challan from the web page. For this tutorial I am going to pay RS 1 to the goverment as Income tax. Income tax payments are done through Challan ITNS 280. The screenshot of the online Challan ITNS 280 is below
The following instructions are given on the challan itself
1 Enter valid 10-digit Permanent Account Number (PAN) first.
2 Fields marked with * are mandatory.
3 Provision to enter tax amount is given in the Bank’s site.
4 Do not enter double quotes (“”) in any of the fields.
The PAN (permanent Account Number) number is a unique 10 digit number assigned to each income tax payee in India. The rest of the tax payment procedure will work only if you enter a valid PAN number. Also note that no amount is entered in the challan. You will be prompted for the amount at your banks internet site. Finally, note the last instruction. You should not enter double quotes in any of the fields.
Now start filling the form. Most of the fields are self explanatory. As soon as you enter PAN number , Income tax department;s server will be contacted and only if the PAN is correct the Bank name drop down box will be populated. Please note that if you are paying for the current financial year ( 2008-09), the assessment year will be next financial year ( 2009-10). You can also pay tax for other assessment years. Now submit the form. It will return the following page if everything is correct.
(I have blanked my personal particulars,like PAN etc). Note the red line. It is asking you whether the name is correct. If you are sure about the name , you can submit the challan to the bank for payment.
For ICICI bank I got the following screen. ( Other banks may have different login screens).
Since I am not a corporate customer, I clicked on retail login. (This step may be different for another bank). This will lead you to this page.
Type in your user name and password and then click payment login.
I got the following screen with all the details filled in.(Here again Personal details blanked.)
You can fill in the amount you want to pay here.Note that you can pay tax, cess,surcharge ,penalty etc. Click on calculate total. Finally, submit the form. I got this screen asking for internet banking transaction password. ( If you have an account with any of the above bank, you can ask them to issue an internet transaction password.)
Enter the password and click pay. I got the following screen.
Here ICICI bank is confirming your identity. It is asking for 3 numbers on the debit card issued against your account. Get hold of your card and punch in the numbers. Then click pay. I got this screen with transaction id.
Note down the id. Then click on proceed button to generate report. I got this screen.
Here is rest of the screen.
There are 2 options on this screen. You can save or make a print out. If you click on save a file named DirectTaxPaymentChallanReport.htm will be generated. . Rename the file immediately,if you are planning to make payments frequently. Now that the tax payment is done, you are at a dead end. There is no close button on the screen. You may close the browser manually.
