Steps to Pay Income Tax Online:

Step 1: Visit the Income Tax Network website e-Payment for TIN:
i.e https://onlineservices.tin.egov-nsdl.com/etaxnew/tdsnontds.jsp

Step 2: Go to the option “CHALLAN NO./ITNS 280” click on the “Proceed” button.
Step 3: Fill the Challan No./ITNS 280 Details. Please keep in mind:

• Tax Applicable: Select option (0021) INCOME-TAX (OTHER THAN COMPANIES)

in case of individuals.
• Type of Payment: Select the relevant tax payment. This table will help you
determine the applicable option.

Type Of Payment Applicability

(100) Advance Tax It is required to be paid during the financial year, when your
estimated tax liability is more than Rs 10,000. However, salaried
employees are not mandatorily required to pay advance tax on
salary income, as their TDS is already deducted.

(102) Surtax This option is rarely used at the time of making the tax payment.

(106) Tax on It is required to be paid by the companies on the dividends.

Distributed Profit

(107) Tax on It is applicable in case of Buyback of shares by the Company from

Distributed Income the Shareholders. Commonly, this is applicable when Mutual Fund
distributes the Income to the Unit holders.

(300) Self- It is the tax that you pay after the end of the F.Y., but before filing
Assessment Tax your tax return.

(400) Tax on It is to be paid when you get a demand notice from the Tax
Regular Department. This is normally used after the order passed under
Assessment scrutiny assessment or demand under the intimation received as
per section 143(1).

• Mode Of Payment: Choose how you want to pay using your debit card/net banking.
Select the bank from the drop-down menu.
• Permanent Account No: Enter the PAN No. of the person for whom tax payment is
done.
• Assessment Year: Carefully select the year for which you are paying taxes.
(Assessment year simply means the year in which the assessment of the income of
an assessee for the previous year is carried out in order to determine the tax)
• Contact Details: Enter taxpayer’s address, email id and mobile no.
 • Captcha Code: Enter Captcha Code and click on the “Proceed” button.

Step 4: Then a confirmation window with a summary of your details will be shown. Re-check all
your details carefully & then click on the “Submit To The Bank” button and then click on the “Edit”
button if required.
Step 5: You’ll be redirected to the Net Banking Page. Login to your account.

Here, you need to enter your tax payment details like Tax, Surcharge, Interest etc. However, you
can leave surcharge, education cess, interest and penalty blank. Click on the “Make Payment”
option.
Step 6 : Once the payment is cleared, Challan 280 will be generated. This challan acts as a receipt
of the payment of the tax done by you.

While filing your ITR, you need to enter challan details like Amount, BSR Code, Challan Serial No.
under the prepaid taxes column.