Directorate General of Systems and Data Management

CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES & CUSTOMS

Date: 31st March 2023 Category: Customs

Issued by: ICEGATE

Advisory for Electronic Cash Ledger on

ICEGATE

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 3
2. Overview of Electronic Cash Ledger ......................................................................................................... 3
3. Authorized user for Electronic Cash Ledger account ................................................................................ 3
4. Create/Activate Electronic Cash Ledger account ...................................................................................... 4
5. Top-up Electronic Cash Ledger account .................................................................................................... 8
6. Payment of Custom Duty through different modes ............................................................................... 16
6.1 Challans Payment through NEFT/RTGS............................................................................................. 16
6.2 Challans Payment through Internet Banking .................................................................................... 20
6.3 Challans Payment through Electronic Cash Ledger .......................................................................... 24
7. Authorized banks for Custom duty through Net Banking ....................................................................... 28

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1. Introduction
The new CBIC E-Payment platform, a marquee initiative of CBIC (ICEGATE), has been envisaged
to enable the functionality for collecting both tax and non-tax receipts for CBIC on behalf of
Third-party applications like CBIC GST, SEZ, and ICES or any other third-party application in
future through multiple modes of payment i.e. NEFT/ RTGS and Internet Banking and Electronic
Cash Ledger. The platform has been designed as best-in-class with real time API based
integration between ICEGATE and all stakeholders to provide superior user experience of
payment to the Taxpayer and real-time accounting and settlement of government revenues.

2. Overview of Electronic Cash Ledger

• The e-Cash Ledger module enables user to create a virtual account on ICEGATE website
and act as mode of payment to pay custom duties online apart from the current mode
of payments which are Internet Banking and NEFT/RTGS.
• Cash ledger is a type of wallet facility on ICEGATE website to credit funds in the virtual
account of the registered trade user and use for custom duty payments.
• A wallet can be activated by the registered IEC holders and deposits can be made into it
through Internet Banking or NEFT/RTGS.
• To ensure no unauthorized access to Cash Ledger account the service is only available
post login and to further enhance the access control mobile and email OTP based
mechanism is envisaged in e-Cash Ledger.

3. Authorized user for Electronic Cash Ledger account

S.NO User Type ECL Wallet Functionality
1. IEC Holder Yes
2. CHA Yes
3. Courier Partners Yes
4. Unaccompanied Baggage declaration Yes
5. Central Excise No
6. SEZ No

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4. Create/Activate Electronic Cash Ledger account

a) User will go to www.icegate.gov.in and click on old website.

b) On clicking on old website user will be directed to old.icegate.gov.in and scroll down on
the page.

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c) User will click on ‘User Login/SignUp’ box under ‘Our Services’ on the homepage.

d) User will fill the login details and click on Submit.

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e) Once login is successful, user will be directed to ‘Welcome to ICEGATE’ page.

f) After clicking on Financial Services, Electronic Cash Ledger option will be available as
displayed below.

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g) Once user clicks on Electronic Cash Ledger, he/she will be navigated to E-Cash Ledger
dashboard where Activate Cash Ledger button will be available on screen.

h) After clicking on Activate Cash Ledger Account, OTP will be sent to registered Email ID
and mobile number for verification. User will enter the OTP and click on validate OTP
button.

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i) If OTP is verified successfully, User E-Cash Ledger account will be activated.

5. Top-up Electronic Cash Ledger account

a) User will go to www.icegate.gov.in and click on old website.

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b) On clicking on old website user will be directed to old.icegate.gov.in and scroll down on
the page.

c) User will click on ‘User Login/SignUp’ box under ‘Our Services’.

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d) User will fill the login details and click on Submit.

e) Once login is successful, user will be directed to ‘Welcome to ICEGATE’ page.

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f) After clicking on Financial Services, Electronic Cash Ledger option will be available as
displayed below.

g) User will be directed to E-Cash Ledger dashboard.

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h) User will click on Top-up Cash Ledger and fill the top-up details as mentioned below and
click on ‘Submit and Proceed to Payment’ button for generation of top up challan.

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i) User will be directed to List of unpaid challans, where user can select the challans from
the list of challans as mentioned below.

j) After selecting the challans, user will click on Pay Now.

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k) User will be directed to payment option where NEFT , RTGS and Netbanking modes of
payment will be avalable . User can select any mode of payment. By default NEFT Mode
of payment is selected.

l) If user selects NEFT/RTGS as mode of payment, an option to generate mandate form will
be available as mentioned in below screen.

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m) After clicking on Generate Mandate form, a Mandate Form with all the details will be
generated. After that user can make the payment through Internet Banking or Over the
Counter (OTC) by taking the print of the Mandate form. Once the transaction is
successful, user can check the E-Cash Ledger balance on the dashboard. However, it will
take around 30 minutes to 60 minutes to reflect balance on E-Cash Ledger dashboard.

n) If user selects Internet Banking as mode of Payment, the list of authorized banks will be
displayed from which user can select the desired bank for payment and click on ‘Make
Payment’ button.

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o) User will be routed to Bank’s Internet Banking page and once the payment is successful
user will be re-directed to ICEGATE page with ‘Transaction Successful’ message. User can
check the E-Cash Ledger balance on the E-Cash Ledger dashboard.

6. Payment of Custom Duty Challans through different modes

6.1 Challans Payment through NEFT/RTGS
a) User will go to www.icegate.gov.in and click on old website.

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b) On clicking on old website user will be directed to old.icegate.gov.in and scroll down on
the page.

c) User will click on ‘ICEGATE E-Payment Portal’ box under ‘Our Services’.

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d) User will select the Duty type , Document type , Location and enter Identification
number. After entering the details user will click on ‘Verify & Proceed’.

e) User will be able to see List of unpaid challans as mentioned below. User will select the
challans against which Duty has to be paid.

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f) After clicking on ‘Confirm Challan’ user will be navigated to Payment option page where
user will find NEFT/RTGS. Once user select NEFT/RTGS a option to generate mandate
form will be available as mentioned in below screen.

g) After clicking on Generate mandate form, a Mandate form with all the details will be
generated. After that user can make the payment through Internet Banking or Over the
Counter (OTC) by taking the print of the Mandate form. Once the transaction is
successful, user can check the status of the challan payment on the E-payment Enquiry
module (https://cbicpay.icegate.gov.in/iceepay/enquiry). Please note that , it might take
upto 60 minutes to reflect transaction status.

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6.2 Challans Payment through Internet Banking

a) User will go to www.icegate.gov.in and click on old website.

b) On clicking on old website user will be directed to old.icegate.gov.in and scroll down on
the page.

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c) User will click on ‘ICEGATE E-Payment Portal’ box under ‘Our Services’.

d) User will select the Duty type , Document type , Location and enter Identification
number. After entering the details user will click on ‘Verify & Proceed’.

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e) User will be able to see List of unpaid challans as mentioned below. User will select the
challans against which Duty has to be paid.

f) If user selects Internet Banking as mode of Payment, the list of authorized banks will be
displayed from which user can select the desired bank for payment and click on ‘Make
Payment’ button.

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g) User will be routed to Bank’s Internet Banking page and once the payment is successful
user will be re-directed to ICEGATE page with ‘Transaction Successful’ message. Once the
transaction is successful, user can check the status of the challan payment on the E-
payment Enquiry module (https://cbicpay.icegate.gov.in/iceepay/enquiry).

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6.3 Challans Payment through E-Cash Ledger

a) User will go to www.icegate.gov.in and click on old website.

b) On clicking on old website user will be directed to old.icegate.gov.in and scroll down on
the page.

c) User will click on ‘ICEGATE E-Payment Portal’ box under ‘Our Services’.

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d) User will select the Duty type , Document type , Location and enter Identification
number. After entering the details user will click on ‘Verify & Proceed’.

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e) User will be able to see List of unpaid challans as mentioned below. User will select the
challans against which Duty has to be paid.

f) If user selects Cash Ledger as mode of Payment, User needs to enter Username &
Password and click on verfiy.

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g) User will click on Pay button and an OTP will be sent to user’s registered mobile number
and email id.

h) Once the OTP is verified, the transaction will be completed successfully.

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7. Authorized banks for Custom duty through Net Banking

1. State Bank of India
2. ICICI Bank
3. Punjab National Bank
4. Bank of Baroda
5. South Indian Bank
6. Karnataka Bank
7. Federal Bank
8. Indian Overseas Bank
9. DhanLaxmi Bank
10. Karur Vysya Bank
11. Bank of India
12. Canara
Note:
a. e-payment portal will be not be available from 11.30 PM to 1.30 AM.
b. User are advised to clear Cache.
c. Registerted user are advised to login while paying challan duty.

d. Unregistered user need to submit their PAN details while paying challan duty.
In case of payment rejection from third party application the amount will be
recredited to user’s ECL account that is created against this PAN. So it is

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advised to the user to use same PAN to register at ICEGATE.

For any further queries or help kindly contact ICEGATE Helpdesk Team on
[email protected] or 1800-3010-1000

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