Income Tax, April 17 -- As a taxpayer, you can use the e-pay functionality on the e-filing portal to make a payment to the income tax department. This is a user-friendly feature to clear your dues via any of these routes: net banking, debit card, over the counter, NEFT/RTGS or payment gateway. Here, we describe the step-by-step process to use e-pay to clear dues towards income tax.

Step I: First, go to the income tax e-filing portal at this link and click the 'e-pay tax' link under Quick Links on the left-hand corner.

Step II: When the link opens, you need to enter your PAN twice in the given spaces and your mobile number linked to Aadhaar.

Step III: The system will send a 6-digit OTP, which you need to enter. Once the OTP is approved,...