Payment timeline after declaration under Vivad se Vishwas: authority issues certificate, declarant must pay and notify to secure settlement. The designated authority must determine the tax-arrear and issue a certificate stating the amount payable within fifteen days of receipt of the declaration; the declarant must pay the amount on receipt of that certificate and intimate payment details in the prescribed form, after which the DA will pass an order confirming payment. The fifteen-day intervals are outer limits and DAs are to issue certificates early to enable declarants to pay and secure reduced-payment benefits under the scheme.