The process to make payment on the income tax site

As per CBDT circular F. No. 370142/14/22-TPL dated 30th March 2022, every person who has been allotted a PAN as on 1st July 2017 and is eligible to obtain an Aadhaar number is required to link PAN with AADHAAR on or before 31st March 2022.

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 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. Provide other mandatory details and Proceed