Does it read the new ITNS 281N challan under the Income-tax Act 2025?

Yes. It reads both ITNS 281 (Assessment Year and a nature-of-payment code such as 94Q) and ITNS 281N (Tax Year, the section-wise payment table, section 393 and the four-digit payment code).

Are my challans uploaded anywhere?

No. The PDF is opened by your own browser and never leaves your computer. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it still works.

How do I know it read the amounts correctly?

Each challan is cross-checked: the breakup must add up to the total, and the total must match the amount line. Anything that does not agree is flagged instead of passed silently.

Will it read scanned challans?

No. It needs the text-based PDF that the portal or bank generates. A scanned image has no text to read.

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TDS challan PDF to Excel converter for ITNS 281 and 281N

Drop 50 challan receipts, get one clean return-ready sheet.

YOU BRING: Challan receipt PDFs (ITNS 281 or 281N) from the e-filing portal or your bank
YOU GET: One Excel with BSR code, date, serial number, TAN, section and tax breakup
YOUR DATA: Read in your browser. The file is never uploaded.

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Drop challan PDFs here, or click to choose

e-Pay Tax challan receipts (ITNS 281) from incometax.gov.in. Files are read in your browser and never uploaded.

Free to try. Forms ITNS 281 and the new 281N.

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What the TDS challan PDF → Excel does

Filingo's TDS challan converter turns any number of income-tax challan receipt PDFs (ITNS 281 and the new ITNS 281N) into one Excel sheet with BSR code, date of deposit, challan serial number, TAN, section and the full tax breakup, ready for the quarterly TDS return. It is free to try without signing up (the first Excel download is free, and more need a free login), and reads the PDFs inside your browser so they are never uploaded.

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Updated 13 Oct 2026

TDS challan PDF to Excel: a worked example

One ITNS 281 receipt, read the way the tool reads it. The tool takes the labelled lines of the PDF, picks out each field, and checks the amounts before it writes the row.

Form: ITNS 281
TAN: MUMS12345A
Assessment year: 2026-27
Nature of payment: 94C (Payment to Contractors)
Date of deposit: 07/11/2025
Challan serial no: 00123

The nature of payment starts with the code 94C, so the section is read as 194C.
The breakup is tax ₹20,000, interest ₹300 and nothing else: ₹20,000 + ₹0 + ₹0 + ₹300 + ₹0 + ₹0 + ₹0 = ₹20,300.
The total printed on the receipt is ₹20,300, which agrees, so the challan passes with no warnings.
If the breakup did not add up to the total, the row would carry a warning instead of passing silently.

One Excel row: BSR code 0510308, date 07/11/2025, challan serial 00123, TAN MUMS12345A, section 194C, total ₹20,300.

TDS challan fields read into Excel

Each challan becomes one row on the Challans sheet. This table shows every column of that sheet, with the value read from the example above (ITNS 281) and from an ITNS 281N receipt.

Columns on the Challans sheet and the values read from two example challans
EXCEL COLUMN	ITNS 281 EXAMPLE	ITNS 281N EXAMPLE
BSR Code	0510308	0510308
Date of Deposit	07/11/2025	07/07/2026
Challan Serial No	00123	00456
TAN	MUMS12345A	MUMS12345A
Deductor Name	EXAMPLE TRADERS PRIVATE LIMITED	EXAMPLE TRADERS PRIVATE LIMITED
Form (ITNS)	281	281N
Assessment Year	2026-27	-
Financial Year	2025-26	2026-27
Tax Year	-	2026-27
Section Code	94C	1031, 1024
Section	194C	393(1)
Nature of Payment	94C (Payment to Contractors)	Purchase of goods; Contractor: other payee
Minor Head	200 (TDS/TCS Payable by Taxpayer)	-
Tax	₹20,000	₹35,000
Surcharge	₹0	₹0
Cess	₹0	₹0
Interest	₹300	₹0
Fee (234E / 427)	₹0	₹0
Penalty	₹0	₹0
Others	₹0	₹0
Total	₹20,300	₹35,000
CIN	05103080711202500123	05103080707202600456
Mode	Net Banking	-
Bank	Example Bank	-
Bank Ref No	-	-
Tender Date	-	-
Major Head	0021 (Income Tax other than Companies)	-
Source File	challan-281.pdf	challan-281N.pdf

ITNS 281N section-wise table in Excel

A 281N receipt lists payments section by section. Those lines go to a second sheet, Section-wise, with one row per section line and the challan details repeated on each row. The example 281N above has 2 section lines.

Section-wise sheet for the example ITNS 281N challan
SECTION	DESCRIPTION	SECTION CODE	TAX	TOTAL
393(1)	Purchase of goods	1031	₹20,000	₹20,000
393(1)	Contractor: other payee	1024	₹15,000	₹15,000

Columns on the Section-wise sheet: CIN, BSR Code, Challan Serial No, Date of Deposit, TAN, Sl, Description, Section, Table Sl. No., Section Code, Tax, Surcharge, Cess, Total.

STEP BY STEP

How it works

Download the challan receipts from the e-filing portal (e-Pay Tax → Payment history) or from your bank.
Drop all the PDFs here at once. Each is read in your browser.
Check the table, then download one Excel with BSR code, date, challan serial number, TAN, section and the tax breakup, ready for the TDS return.

GOOD TO KNOW

Common questions

Does it read the new ITNS 281N challan under the Income-tax Act 2025?: Yes. It reads both ITNS 281 (Assessment Year and a nature-of-payment code such as 94Q) and ITNS 281N (Tax Year, the section-wise payment table, section 393 and the four-digit payment code).
Are my challans uploaded anywhere?: No. The PDF is opened by your own browser and never leaves your computer. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it still works.
How do I know it read the amounts correctly?: Each challan is cross-checked: the breakup must add up to the total, and the total must match the amount line. Anything that does not agree is flagged instead of passed silently.
Will it read scanned challans?: No. It needs the text-based PDF that the portal or bank generates. A scanned image has no text to read.