Advance Tax Challan

[CHITRA RAGURAM]

While filling the advance tax challan, whether we need to write the entire amount in Income Tax coloumn or to treat the whole amount as 30.90 and write for both tax (30) and cess (0.90)

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Confusion Over Advance Tax Challan: Should Entire Amount Be in Income Tax Column or Split into Tax and Cess? A user inquired about filling out an advance tax challan, specifically whether to write the entire amount in the Income Tax column or to separate it into tax and cess components (30:0.90). Two respondents advised that the entire amount should be written in the Income Tax column without separating it into tax and cess. However, another participant suggested bifurcating the amount due to the different distribution between Central and State components.