Wrong Income tax Act selected while paying TDS for the month of April 2026

[Deepak]

Dear experts,

I caught up in a unfortunate situation. For the month of April,2026, i am supposed to pay TDS before May 7th. While choosing the relevant act in the portal for discharging the liability, i choose old Income Tax Act, 1961 instead of New Income Tax Act, 2025 and discharged. My liability amount is Rs. 50,000 and i could not find any instruction, circular or manual from CBDT regarding how to correct this error. The due date for filing of quarterly return is fast approaching. I already sent a rectification request physically to my TDS ward and also raised a grievance in portal. What steps should i take further if no action has been taken on my request and to file quarterly return within due date. Hence, i kindly request the experts to suggest me some alternate mechanism for this mishap.

Thanks and Regards

AI Summary

TDS payment error under the wrong Income-tax Act raises a correction issue before quarterly return filing. Wrong selection of the applicable Income-tax Act while discharging TDS for April 2026 created a compliance difficulty, as the payment was made by choosing the old Income-tax Act, 1961 instead of the New Income-tax Act, 2025. The taxpayer states that the TDS liability has already been paid, the due date for payment was approaching, and no CBDT instruction, circular or manual was found dealing with correction of this type of error. A rectification request was submitted physically to the TDS ward and a grievance was also raised on the portal.