GST Payment not reflected in ECL

[Adarsh Gupta]

The money was deducted from the bank account and the bank had also confirmed the payment. However, the amount is not being reflected in the e-cash ledger. Post raising the grievance on the GST portal, the below mentioned response was received.

'Payment details cannot be updated as your bank has sent incorrect response. Please contact the bank to resolve this.'

Kindly suggest for any solution.

[KASTURI SETHI]

It has happened because of technical fault in the functioning of software. Contact the concerned officer of the bank.Your problem will be solved on working day only. Once it happened with my client also and the amount debited from the party's account was credited to Govt. account. on next working day.Nothing to worry.

[Ganeshan Kalyani]

It is a worrying thing particularly on the last day of filing return. If the tax paid is not appearing in the ledger then filing cannat happen. And next day interest on delayed filing may become applicable. And also a remark of late filer by the auditor.

[KASTURI SETHI]

Yes. Interest has to be paid for the delayed payment as it is not the fault of Common Portal System. To be on safer side, it is better to deposit interest on your own otherwise penalty will be imposed by the department.

AI Summary

GST payment not reflected may trigger late filing interest; contact the bank and consider paying interest proactively. A GST payment was debited from the taxpayer's bank account but not shown in the e-cash ledger due to an incorrect response from the bank to the tax portal. The practical consequence is inability to file returns and potential liability for delayed payment interest. Taxpayers should contact the bank to correct the transmission; often the amount is credited and the ledger updated the next working day. To avoid interest or penalty exposure, consider voluntarily depositing applicable interest.