e-Filing Portal Updates: New Challans for Income Tax Act, 2025

As part of the ongoing transition to the new tax regime, the Income Tax Department has made new challans live on its e-Filing Portal starting April 1, 2026. These new challans are designed specifically to facilitate tax payments under the recently enacted Income Tax Act, 2025.

Taxpayers making payments for Tax Year 2026–27 or onwards will now be required to use these new challans. The process to access them on the e-Filing Portal is straightforward:

• Navigate to e File
• Select e Pay Tax
• Choose “Income Tax Act, 2025”
• Click New Payment
• Select the applicable tile for your payment.

It is important for taxpayers to correctly identify the applicable Act when making payments. For payments pertaining to periods before Tax Year 2026–27 (i.e., Assessment Year 2026–27 or earlier), the existing Income Tax Act, 1961 will continue to apply. The e-filing portal offers payment options under both “Income Tax Act, 2025” and “Income Tax Act, 1961” to cater to different assessment years. User Manuals are available for detailed guidance on these new challan forms.