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Axis Bank is authorised for collection of Central Excise Duties and Service Tax on behalf of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) w.e.f 15 November, 2003.
You can pay your indirect taxes using a number of processes. You can use challans for indirect tax payments. CBDT has come up with specific forms i.e. challans for remittance of the various types of indirect Taxes. Taxpayers are required to fill in these challans and submit it along with the cash or cheque or DD or PO at the bank counter.
You can also find out how to make a payment while paying your taxes directly through Axis Bank.
Taxpayers also have the option to avail the challan pick-up and delivery facility services. You can contact your nearest Axis Bank branch in order to find out more about these services.
CBEC has defined specific forms ie, challans for each type of Indirect Tax which are required to be filled in by the taxpayer and submitted along with the cash or cheque or DD or PO at the Bank counter. The various Indirect Tax Challan Heads are as follows:
| Sr. No. | Type of Indirect Tax | Tax Head Code |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Excise Duty | 0038 |
| 2 | Service Tax | 0044 |
| 3 | Other Taxes and Duties on Commodities and Services – Foreign Travel Tax | 0045 |
| 4 | Other Fiscal Services | 0047 |
| 5 | Sale Proceeds of Opium, Alkaloids, etc. | 0120 |
| Step 1 | The assessee can make the payment at any of the authorised branches of the Bank in Mumbai or Delhi or Bangalore or Hyderabad for any of the Commissionerate in that Zone respectively by quoting their 15-digit PAN based Assessee Code and 6-digit Location Code on the challan. |
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| Step 2 | The depositor will fill in a pre-printed Pay-in-Slip along with the required challan and tender the same along with cash or cheque or demand draft or pay order at the collection counter. The cheque or DD or PO should be in favour of “Axis Bank A/c Union Excise Duty” (as applicable). |
| Step 3 | After verifying the challans and the instrument tendered for correctness, the Bank official will hand over the stamped and signed counterfoil (which will serve as the proper token) to the tenderer. |
| Step 4 | The processed challan (after realisation of the cheque) will be provided to the depositor in exchange of the counterfoil of the Pay-in-Slip. |
The taxpayers may avail the facility of Pick-up of Tax Challan and Payment and Delivery of acknowledged challan. Contact your nearest Axis Bank Branch for further details.
The bank is also participating in the Electronic Accounting System in Central Excise and Service Tax (EASIEST) Project of CBEC towards online transmission of Tax Payment data from the Bank's designated Collecting Branches or Focal Point Branches to the Tax Information Network (TIN) at NSDL.
