From this tab the details of tax payments made to the government can be updated. Tax is paid under different sections as per the tax laws -
1. 92B : For regular salaried employees
2. 94C : For retainers falling under the category of Contractors
3. 94J : For retainers falling under the category of Professionals

Refer to the article on Payroll for different types of employees for more details.

On the tab select the company name and TAN number if there are a multiple companies or multiple TAN numbers.

There are multiple scenarios while updating payment details
1. The total TDS liability of the month has been paid by one challan
2. Total TDS liability of multiple months has been paid by one challan
3. Partial amounts have been paid for one month
4. Lump sum amount has been paid and it covers more than one month
5. Setting off extra payment

Each of the above scenarios is explained below.

Note - the TDS liability shown on this tab is only for the employees for which payroll / full and final has been run and confirmed, unconfirmed or in-process records will not be shown here.

1. Full payment through a single challan for one month

This is the most common scenario and should be used to avoid delays and penalties.

2. Full payment through one challan for multiple months

Note - if you have made payment for multiple months which are falling across a quarter through one challan then read section - "5. Updating Excess Payment" of this article carefully before filling up the details.

3. Partial payment within one month

- Click on the "Partial Payment" button on the last column of the month for which you want to update
- You can select the list of employees for which the payment has been made manually or through an excel upload, click on Next button as shown below

3.1 Manual selection
Select the names of the employees manually, click on Next.

The total liability including Tax, Surcharge and Cess is shown on the bottom of the last column. In the challan details you will update you can update this or lesser amount. If you have paid more amount than you can either select more employees or use the remaining amount for another month.

When filling up the details of the challan Basic Tax, Surcharge and Cess are prefilled with the system values but you can update these fields with the actual amount you have paid. For the purpose of calculation all three heads are combined together and considered as tax paid. It is explained in the example below.

When you submit the challan details and if the amount updated is less than the total to be paid for the selected employees then you will be asked to select the employee for which partial payment has bee done.

The drop-down will only have names of those employees where the Basic Tax to be paid is higher than the shortfall. When you select the employee and click on "Submit" then the Basic Tax paid amount of the employee is adjusted (reduced) by the necessary value.

Example

Suppose the tax to be paid for selected employees is

Employee	Basic Tax	Surcharge	Cess
Emp 1	25000	500	1020
Emp 2	4000	0	160
Emp 3	1200	0	48
Total	30200	500	1228

Total due is 31,928

But the actual payment made is -
Basic Tax - 28,000
Surcharge - 0
Cess - 0
Total - 28,000

You can update the actual amount paid but system will treat it as a single payment against the total tax liability and the 24Q will show the surcharge and cess figures as per the calculated liability.

Since there is a short payment of Rs 3,928 you can select either of Emp 1 or Emp 2 as the employee where partial payment has been done. Suppose you select Emp 1 then the final amount which will be updated in the system as paid will be as follows. 

Employee	Basic Tax	Surcharge	Cess
Emp 1	21072	500	1020
Emp 2	4000	0	160
Emp 3	1200	0	48
Total	26272	500	1228

Total amount will be 28,000. These figures will also go in the 24Q.

3.2 Excel Upload
When you select the option of updating the employee list through excel upload you will be able to download an excel template and update the list of employees for whom tax is being paid.

You can delete the names of employees who are not included in the challan and upload the file using the "Upload" button.

After you click on Next the subsequent steps are similar to previous sections.

4. Lump sum payment adjusted against multiple months

5. Setting off excess payment

Note -

1. if you have already filed the 24Q for a quarter. Then this extra amount can be adjusted against interest or penalty or any short payment based on earlier filings as visible TRACES. In case there is no interest / penalty or earlier liability you can adjust the extra payment in the next quarter, by following these steps -
a) make a short payment of the amount which is to adjusted in any month of the next quarter
b) file the 24Q with the short payment
c) download the consolidated file from TRACES and update the correction file, you should map the extra payment against the names of employees for which you have filed short payment in this quarter

2. If you do not follow these steps and update the amount across payments of two quarters then the 24Q for the second quarter will be rejected as the challan number can be used only once and it has been already filed with the first quarter 24Q.

6. Correcting challan details