Office of the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes

Central Computer Wing; AP, Hyderabad.

CIRCULAR No. CCTs Ref. CS(l)/483/06, Dated 29th April, 2011

Suresh Chanda, I.A.S., Commissioner of Commercial Taxes

Sub:- APVAT Rules 2005- Amendment to Rule 24 - Payment of Tax online-certain instructions issued - Reg.

Ref:- 1) Govt. Memo No 11701/CT.II(1)/2010-3 Dt:l5-06-2010

2) G.O.MS.NO.1292 Rev (CT.II) Dept, Dt.14-10-2010

3) DTA, Hyderabad letter no Ml/17563/06 Dt;09-ll-10

It is to inform that the VAT/CST dealers have been provided, since November 2010 facility to pay tax VAT/CST online after filing monthly return through "eReturn" module on the CTD website: www.apcommercialtaxes.gov.in. At present the dealers having Internet Banking Account with any one of the Banks viz SBI, SBH, IDBI, Union Bank of India, Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank can file the e-Returns and then make online payment through e-Return application, The online application is routed through Treasury department website where the eChallan number is generated and after successful payment is made by the Bank gate way and acknowledged by the Treasury dept. website, the confirmed ePayment receipt is generated on CTD Portal.

In this system, the dealers are required to pay the entire tax due in one transaction and there is no option to make part payment or multiple payments for the same return. Further the dealer cannot make payment before filing return through eReturn mode. In this connection, certain dealers represented that they are facing practical difficulties to pay return tax in one transaction and also to pay tax in advance.

In view of this, in addition to the existing eReturn mode, a new mode of online payment is provided for the convenience of all the dealers with name "epayent" on the CTD Portal. All the dealers having Internet Banking Account with any one of the Banks viz SBI, SBH, IDBI Union Bank of India, Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank or Banks to be added in future, can avail this facility and make online payment of tax due related to monthly return before or after filing the return through e-Payment module. The VAT/CST dealers make full payment or part payment of Return tax and the Dealer can also make multiple part payments for the same tax period.

Therefore, all the Deputy Commissioners and Commercial Tax Officers are hereby instructed to inform the same to all the dealers in the State that they can Make payment of VAT/CST Return tax through the eReturn mode or epayment mode.

Suresh Chanda

Commissioner of Commercial Taxes