Reportedly the government of india is expanding the ways in which individuals can remit their personal income tax. Perhaps you may now be allowed to pay income tax through your mobile wallet, any of the wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital payment apps, using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) as the platform or even your credit cards. Meanwhile this has been disclosed by Revenue Secretary, ajay Bhushan Pandey, as per a report in business Standard. Presently the government is considering these payment options to be added to the existing ones and a decision may be made soon.

Previously there was a time when you had to stand in a queue in some bank or at the Income Tax office with your cheque to pay income tax. Furthermore then the government allowed you to pay through net banking and added debit cards issued by banks to make online payments. Apparently this facility too, was limited to only debit cards of six banks: Canara bank, hdfc bank, ICICI bank, Punjab National bank, indian bank and State bank of India.

Moreover it might prove useful to people making payment of income tax in smaller amounts. Perhaps the top digital payments apps, such as google Pay and PhonePe route payments on their platforms through UPI. amazon Pay is also tied to UPI and there are moves to take the facility overseas as well.

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