Status Check, Procedures, Facilities

Organization : Commercial Taxes Department
Type of Facility : Online & Offline Payments
State : Tamil Nadu

Website : https://ctd.tn.gov.in/home
ePayment : https://ctd.tn.gov.in/Portal/ePayment.htm?actionCode=loadCEPaymentUnregister
Offline Payment : https://www.statusin.in/uploads/8703-offline%20pay.pdf

TNVAT Online Linked Offline Payment

(Guidelines for making Payment through Bank Counters)
1. Dealers who are not having internet banking account can remit taxes through branches of 3 banks across the State.

Related :TN VAT Find TIN Tamil Nadu : www.statusin.in/2058.html

The advantage of using this e-pay-in-slip (Challan) based system is that the dealer need not visit circle offices for any payment. Problem of interest orpenalty, due to cheques being dishonored or being lost or remitted late will no more be a problem.

All branches of the following banks will offer such services:
** Indian Overseas Bank
** Indian Bank
** Vijaya Bank

2. For activating Counter Payment (Bank), dealer may login in TNVAT portal and select ‘Payment Mode selection’ button and click the option of ‘Counter Payment (Bank)‘ and activate it. Select the bank from the 3 Banks listed above, through which dealer wish to make counter payment. The selection of Bank is recorded only for reference and activation purpose. Therefore, the Dealer can make payment of taxes in any one of these three Bank branch counters during the regular business hours of the Banks.

3. The Dealer has the option /provision of choosing ‘Online Payment (Net Banking)’ or ‘Counter Payment (Bank) or ‘Cheque Payment at Circle Office’ (default mode), which is available in the Dealer’s login screen of the tnvat website and the dealer can themselves choose either one of the above option by clicking the button ‘Payment Mode selection’ in the bottom of the login screen.

4. Step-by-Step procedure for offline payment:
The procedure for offline payment is as follows:
a. Dealer need to file and confirm e-Return for the month as usual. Payment details entry screen will be disabled in the efiling part for the dealers who activated Counter Payment (Bank).

b. Dealer needs to generate e-Pay-in-Slip (Challan) for counter Payments at the Banks. For this dealer needs to login by clicking e-Payment Button.

The dealer has the following options:-
1. If the payment of tax is by cash, the dealer needs to enter the amount & confirm and an e-Pay-in-slip (Challan) will be generated.

2. If the payment of tax is by Cheque/DD, the dealer needs to select the Banks (from the above list of 3 Banks) and enter the details of Cheque & confirm and an e-Pay-inslip (Challan) will be generated.

3. Multiple taxes are allowed (for eg. Form I and Form 1) in this screen.

c. Print the generated e-pay-in-slip (Challan) and visit the nearest bank branch counters (From the list of above 3 Banks) for remittance of taxes during business hours of the Banks. (Format of the e-pay-in-slip generated is enclosed for reference). The validity of the Challan generated is only for 14 days. If a dealer, fails to remit the taxes within 14 days, by making use of the Challan generated, it has to be re-generated again for making payment.

d. Bank will accept the payment and give the endorsement with Bank seal on the e-pay-in-slip (Challan) instantly, in case of payment mode is in cash or Cheque from the same bank in which customer has account and remits the payment. This is the most preferred and instantaneous option.

e. In case the cheque payment instrument belongs to any other bank, payment acknowledgement will be given only after realization.

f. After getting acknowledgement from the bank, dealer needs to login into TNVAT portal and verify the e-Payment transaction under e-Payment verification link. Dealer will also get an acknowledgement from the TNVAT portal in case if the status of the transaction is ‘Success’.

g. After this dealer needs to submit the copy of the Returns at the circle office , along with the acknowledgement given by the Bank e-Pay-in-Slip and the acknowledgement received from TNVAT portal.

h. Provision for re-Print of e-pay-in-slip is also available for the dealers.

i. Date of presentation of the Cheque in the Bank Counter will be treated as receipt date.

5. Dealers are welcome to call 044-28290960, 28290962 (help line) or send an e-mail to ctdcsys@nic.in, vatfeedback@nic.in regarding any problem or suggestion.

TNVAT Payment of Taxes

(Bank Counter Collection)
Payment Mode Selection:
A provision is made for dealer to switch from one payment mode to another. After login for e-filing account, g g , it is available in the bottom of the first page dealer’s login

By default it will show in the present payment mode dealer currently in existence. When the user account is created dealer will be in ‘Cheque Payment at Circle office’ mode. A sample screen shot for selection of option

Dealer is allowed to switch from one mode to another provide with certain criteria as detailed in ANNEXURE

The Dealer has to click the e-payment button in the Home Page of the tnvat website after selecting the offline payment (Bank counter) mode

FAQ On TNVAT

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax (TNVAT)

Q1: What is TNVAT?
A1: TNVAT refers to the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax. It is a state-level tax imposed on the sale of goods within the state of Tamil Nadu.

Q2: What is the objective of TNVAT?
A2: The objective of TNVAT is to levy and collect tax on the value added to goods at each stage of the supply chain, thereby avoiding the cascading effect of taxes and promoting ease of doing business.

Q3: Who is liable to pay TNVAT?
A3: Registered dealers engaged in the business of buying, selling, or manufacturing goods in Tamil Nadu are liable to pay TNVAT.