Two types of online modes of payment are available for making payments on the GST Portal:
(Note: E-Payment refers to payments which are made online through Net Banking/Credit Card/Debit Card)
Internet Banking (Pay online)
The Internet Banking or Netbanking option allows you to make a payment from your online banking account directly. When you use this payment option, you are redirected to your bank’s website to provide your user credentials and make the payment. Upon successful payment confirmation from Bank, the amount is instantly credited to your Electronic Cash Ledger.
Credit or Debit Card (Pay online)
You can make GST payments from your credit or debit card. When you use this payment option, you are redirected to your payment gateway’s website to provide your card details and make the payment. Upon successful payment confirmation from Bank, the amount is instantly credited to your Electronic Cash Ledger.
This contingency will never occur, if you make the online payments because when you enter the GSTIN as your login ID then the name of the taxpayer populates automatically in the Challan. Credit is given to the taxpayer on the basis of GSTIN and not on the basis of name because there can be more than one taxpayer having the same name of the business.