Step-10 Select appropriate mode of payment and click on continue. If taxpayer wishes to make payment using credit card or UPI, he needs to select ‘ Payment Gateway’. Step-11 Verify all the details appearing on challan and pay tax. Step-12 TDS payments have to be made by 7th of the subsequent month for most of the payments. Here is a step by step procedure on how to make TDS Payment online. How to pay TDS Payment Online (Challan 281) in India? Detailed step-by-step instructions on how to make a payment thru NSDL authorised site? Now Paying your TDS Due Online thru TDS Challan 281 is easy, and takes just few moments to complete. Under the new e-Pay Tax service, the entire chain of activities related to payment of direct taxes, from generation of challan (CRN) to making payment and recording of the payment history is enabled through the e-Filing portal (Home | Income Tax Department) for Authorized Banks.