The fee payment for PAN-Aadhaar Linkage needs to be made through the e-Pay Tax functionality available on the e-filing Portal.

If you have Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, City Union Bank, Federal Bank, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, IndusInd Bank, Jammu & Kashmir Bank, Karur Vyasa, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Punjab National Bank, UCO Bank, Union Bank of India accounts, please follow below steps:

1. Provide your PAN, Confirm PAN and Mobile number to receive OTP
2. Post OTP verification, you will be redirected to a page showing different payment tiles
3. Click Proceed on the Income Tax tile
4. Select AY as 2023-24 and Type of Payment – as other Receipts (500) and Continue
5. Enter the amount as Rs. 1000 under the ‘Others’ field in the tax break-up and proceed with further steps

If you have another bank account (the bank is not listed for payment through e-Pay tax), please follow the below steps

1. Click on the hyperlink ‘Click here to go to NSDL (Protean) tax payment page for other banks’ given below on the e-Pay tax page to redirect to the Protean (NSDL) portal
2. Click Proceed under Challan No./ITNS 280
3. Select (0021) Income Tax (Other than Companies) under Tax Applicable (Major Head)
4. Select (500) Other Receipts) under Type of Payment (Minor Head)
5. Select AY as 2023-24, provide other mandatory details and Proceed

Payment Verification Method:

1. A taxpayer will receive a challan receipt on successful payment. Users can also check bank account statements to ensure if the amount was deducted or not.
2. A taxpayer can check challan status through challan status enquiry by providing BSR code, challan date and serial number on https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/oltas/index.html
3. Challan details will also get updated in form 26AS in 4-5 working days.