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Posted on 14 November 2026
If the BIN (Book Identification Number) view facility is unavailable, you can verify the challan through the TAN-based OLTAS/NSDL challan status enquiry using the challan details, or check the relevant bank’s tax-payment status. For a TDS/TCS challan, also review its status in TRACES; for income-tax payments, check the challan under e-Pay Tax/payment history on the Income Tax e-Filing portal. The right route depends on whether this is a TDS/TCS or income-tax challan.
Once the challan is confirmed, match the CIN/BSR code, tender date, challan serial number and amount against your records before filing or correcting the statement. A portal outage may be temporary, so retry later; if the payment is debited but no record appears, retain the bank receipt and raise a query through the relevant portal or bank.
Challan verification is part of the payment-reconciliation workflow before TDS/TCS returns or income-tax records are finalised. Manual checking across banks and portals is difficult; automation reduces repetitive work while professional judgment remains in control. At Jir AI, our 2,000+ AI agents and 650+ integrations streamline GST, ITR, TDS, TCS and other compliance workflows, helping reduce manual workload by up to 70%. For help streamlining these workflows, connect with us on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/message/3HVOZ7HIY4ESC1