The GSTN on 19.01.2024, has issued an Advisory relating to Payment through Credit Card (CC)/Debit Card (DC) and Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

The Advisory reads as under:

To facilitate the taxpayer registered under GST with more methods of payment, two new facilities of payment have now been provided under e-payment in addition to net-banking. The two new methods are Cards and Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Cards facility includes Credit Card (CC) and Debit Card (DC) namely Mastercard, Visa, RuPay, Diners(CC only) issued by any Indian bank. 

Payment through CC/DC/UPI can be made through Kotak Mahindra Bank irrespective of CC/DC issued by any Indian bank. Other banks are in the process of integration. At present the facility is available in 10 states and remaining states are expected to join soon.

The Advisory can be accessed at https://tutorial.gst.gov.in/downloads/news/advisory_ccdcupi_19012024.pdf