How to Download Tax Challan from the Income Tax e-Filing Portal

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If you’ve paid your advance tax or self-assessment tax and forgot to download the challan receipt, don’t worry. Every challan paid through the e-Pay Tax service is available on the Income Tax e-Filing portal. If your payment was made under the older system, you can also retrieve it through a separate process.

Download a Recently Paid Challan (e-Pay Tax)

  1. Log in to the e-Filing portal
    Visit 1. incometax.gov.in and sign in using your PAN.

  2. Open e-Pay Tax
    Go to e-File → e-Pay Tax.

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  3. Select the applicable Income Tax Act
    Choose either:

    • Income Tax Act, 1961, or

    • Income Tax Act, 2025,
      depending on the period for which you made the payment.

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  4. Open Payment History
    Click the Payment History tab to view all challans with a Paid status.

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  5. Download the Challan Receipt
    Select the relevant payment and download the challan receipt. It contains:

    • Challan Identification Number (CIN)

    • BSR Code of the collecting bank branch

    • Date of payment

    • Other payment details required to claim the tax credit in your ITR

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Forgot to Download the Challan?

If you closed the browser without saving the receipt, simply log back in to the e-Filing portal, select the correct Income Tax Act, and open Payment History. Your challan receipt will still be available for download.