Changelog,
Evolution of Precision
Documenting our journey towards GST reconciliation perfection. Accurate, Transparent, and Always Improving.
ITNS 281N Challans, Section-Wise Breakup & Monthly Summary
Support for the New ITNS 281N Challan
The Income Tax Act, 2025 (effective 01-Apr-2026) changed how TDS/TCS challan receipts are printed. The converter now reads the new ITNS 281N format alongside the legacy ITNS 281, detects each receipt automatically, and lets you mix both formats in the same batch — no separate uploads, no manual sorting. The 'Tax Year' printed on 281N receipts is captured in the same column as the older 'Financial Year'.
Section-Wise Breakup, One Row per Nature of Payment
A single 281N challan can cover several sections at once. Each line of its payment table now becomes its own row in the Challan-Wise Breakup sheet, with tax, surcharge, cess and total split out per section — so section-wise workings and 26Q/24Q tie-ups no longer need to be re-keyed by hand.
New Payment Codes Mapped to Familiar Sections
The 2025 Act replaced section references on challans with 4-digit payment codes. Every code is mapped to its corresponding Income Tax Act, 1961 section (1023 → 194C, 1020 → 194A, and so on) and both are written side by side, so your papers stay readable to reviewers, clients and departmental officers still working in the old section language.
Interest, Penalty, Fee & Others on a Dedicated Row
Every challan now closes with an 'Other than TDS/TCS' row carrying interest, penalty, late fee (section 234E on legacy challans, section 427 on 281N) and other amounts. The row is written even when all four are nil, so each challan occupies a predictable block and the total of the amount column always agrees with the amount actually deposited.
Monthly Summary & Proper Date Handling
The workbook carries a Monthly Summary that totals your challans month by month across the April–March year. Deposit dates are written as real Excel dates in dd-mmm-yyyy format — sortable, filterable and pivot-ready, with no ambiguity between day and month.
Built-In Reconciliation Check
Before anything is written, the section-wise figures read from each 281N challan are tallied against the challan's own tax breakup. If they disagree, conversion stops and names the exact file rather than producing a workbook that quietly under-reports — important when a single batch runs to a thousand receipts.
Faster, Lighter Conversions
The TDS output template was rebuilt from the ground up, cutting it from roughly 2.8 MB to 11 KB. Large batches now convert noticeably faster and run comfortably on phones and tablets, where the earlier template could exhaust available memory.
Flexible Pricing Tiers, One-Time Credit Packages & UI Polish
Flexible Subscription Tiers
To support different practice scales, we refined our subscription model. Introducing four paid custom tiers—from Assistant (₹99/mo) to Starter, Professional, and Firm (₹1,999/mo)—to offer CAs, interns, and corporations the exact volume they need without overpaying.
One-Time Credit Packages
To accommodate seasonal filing rushes (e.g., tax audit seasons) without permanent plan upgrades, we introduced flexible one-time Lite and Pro credit packages that never expire.
High-Performance Local Parsing Costs
Refined our pricing to offset development costs for our proprietary, browser-only PDF parsing engine. Extracting complex tax tables locally without cloud uploads requires intensive client-side engineering to guarantee 100% data privacy.
Profile Dropdown UI Fix
Resolved a desktop navigation bug where tapping or holding the Profile or Logout items rendered the text invisible. Added custom active styles for proper visibility against dark backgrounds.
Referral Program — One-Time Prompt & Profile Management
Simplified the referral code experience with a single, optional prompt shown once after your first login. You can also add or view your linked referral code anytime from the Profile page. Existing accounts with a linked code will never be prompted again. You may contact us through email if you are an agency and want to participate.
Introducing TDS Challan PDF to Excel & All-New Tools Hub
TDS Challan PDF to Excel
Seamlessly convert standard ITNS 281 TDS Challan receipts into structured, audit-ready Excel spreadsheets. Extract BSR codes, challan dates, deposit amounts, and major/minor heads in bulk, eliminating manual data entry.
All-New Tools Hub Page
Welcome to our redesigned, unified /tools dashboard. Access and manage all your tax document utility tools—including GSTR and TDS Challan converters—from a single, high-performance command center built for modern tax practices.
Legacy URL Redirection
To support our new multi-tool architecture, the old /tool page has officially moved to /tools/gstr-pdf-to-excel. Standard deep-links and bookmarked URLs will automatically redirect without disrupting your workflow.
100% Client-Side Privacy
True to our privacy-first philosophy, all processing for the new TDS Challan converter runs entirely within your local browser. Client financial details, TAN, and PAN data are never uploaded to our servers.
Enhanced GSTR Processing & Dynamic Filenames
Dynamic Filename Generation
Exported Excel files are now automatically named using the extracted taxpayer's company name, tool type, and the exact timestamp in Indian Standard Time (IST).
Enhanced GSTR-1 Tax Calculations
Improved GSTR-1 mappings to aggregate values across multiple sections and correctly apply negative multiplier adjustments for credit and debit notes.
Sales Analytics & Month-Wise Charts
Integrated visual graphs directly into the Excel outputs to enable a better analytical view of sales data and month-wise comparisons.
Formula Corrections
Resolved structural errors and bugs in spreadsheet formulas, guaranteeing consistent and correct calculations across all sheets.
2-Page GSTR-3B Compatibility
Enhanced the parsing engine to be fully compatible with rare 2-page GSTR-3B PDFs, ensuring flawless processing without data truncation.
Net Amendment Reporting
Corrected amendment mapping in GSTRs to report net amendments instead of gross amendments, improving reconciliation accuracy.
TDS Challan Processing & Batch Conversions
TDS Challan PDF to Excel
Convert standard ITNS 281 TDS Challan receipts into a single, clean 'Challan-Wise Breakup' Excel spreadsheet sequentially, saving hours of manual data entry.
Support for Multi-TAN Batches
Process TDS receipts across different deductors in a single upload. The engine intelligently extracts and writes the respective TAN, Deductor Name, and breakdown amounts.
Batch Processing Up to 1000 Files
Built a high-performance local parser capable of processing up to 1000 PDF challans in a single operation, keeping your tax practice running efficiently.
Tiered Credit Pricing
We introduced fair, tiered pricing for high-volume TDS processing: pay only 1 credit per 100 PDFs, rounded up (e.g., 1-100 files = 1 credit, 101-200 files = 2 credits).
Visual Dashboards & Staggered Deadlines
Visual Reports & Dashboard Charts
Your generated Excel reports now have new dashboard charts and visual reports. Instantly visualize your sales, trends, and key tax metrics right inside your spreadsheet.
Staggered Filing Deadlines
Now automatically supports Category Y states (including Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan) to calculate staggered GSTR-3B deadlines correctly, helping you avoid compliance penalties.
Automatic State Identification
No more typing out state names. The system now automatically identifies and populates the registered state name directly by analyzing the taxpayer's GSTIN.
Absolute Data Privacy
Your clients' financial data remains completely private. All processing occurs locally in your browser—none of your spreadsheets, tax details, or client documents are uploaded to our servers.
Secure Workspace & Billing
Secure Professional Accounts
Create your secure professional workspace to protect client records. Easily manage subscription levels, review processed file logs, and monitor remaining monthly usage from your practice dashboard.
Flexible Subscription Plans
Upgrade, downgrade, or purchase top-up credits directly within the app. Scale your workspace limits easily to handle high client volumes during peak tax filing periods.
Enterprise-Grade Data Security
Upgraded safety protocols secure client records during validation. Fully encrypted authorization protects against unauthorized usage and ensures reliable file processing.
Automated Compliance Audits
Exported sheets now automatically calculate statutory GST due dates and highlight return filing delays. Instantly identify late filings and audit compliance gaps without manual checking.
Scale & Power
Multi-GSTR Support
Seamlessly manage and reconcile different GSTR forms (including GSTR1 and GSTR3B) within a unified workspace, eliminating disconnected worksheets.
Audit-Ready Excel Reports
Ready-to-use spreadsheet layouts with pre-formatted summaries and dynamic validations built specifically for client tax reconciliation reviews.
Real-time Compliance Checks
Instant inline error detection against statutory GSTIN parameters to guarantee zero-defect tax reporting before export.
High-Volume Processing
Reconcile thousands of purchase and sales invoice rows instantly, maintaining maximum performance without lagging or freezing.
Foundations
GSTR1 to Excel Converter
Export GSTR1 JSON files directly into clean, structured, and professional Excel sheets with a single click.
100% Client-Side Privacy
All document processing happens completely within your web browser. Your client's sensitive financial data never uploads to our servers, ensuring absolute privacy compliance.
Smart Data Extraction
Extract data accurately from multi-layered and nested tax tables without formatting loss or missing columns.