Symptom
While filling the Challan Identification Number for Withholding Tax payment you get an error message "Challan Identification Number Format Is Incorrect".
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Tax Management work center.
- Select the Tax Payments view.
- Find out your desired Tax Payment ID.
- Select your desired Tax Payment ID and click on the View button.
- Provide Challan No. ZZZZZ only in the Challan Identification Number field and Payment Reference Number field.
- Click on the Check button, you will get this error message "Challan Identification Number Format Is Incorrect".
Cause
Challan Identification Number (CIN) is 18 digit number has five parts:
1. Four digit District Code
2. Six digit DDO Code
3. One digit Year of Deposit of tax (YY) code
4. Six Digit Serial Number of Challan code
5. Last one Digit to identify payment Mode (E-for online payment, C for Cash payment, Q for cheque payment) code.
Original Challan Receipt combine all these number and it will appear it as:
BSR Code Tender date Challan No.
XXXXXXX YYYYYY ZZZZZ
- since you have Provided Challan No. ZZZZZ only in the Challan Identification Number field and Payment Reference Number field instead of compete 18 digit number XXXXXXXYYYYYYZZZZZ.
Resolution
- Go to the Tax Management work center.
- Select the Tax Payments view.
- Find out your desire Tax Payment ID.
- Select your desired Tax Payment ID and click on the View button.
- Give 18 Digit Challan Number: XXXXXXXYYYYYYZZZZZ in the Challan Identification Number field as well as in the Payment Reference Number field.
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