What are the necessary steps to clear the arrears?

1. Pay the Arrears at the Chanda Portal as Hissa Amad: https://chanda.ahmadiyya.us/previous-year. This is a mandatory step.

2. In the Schedule C declaration of the Fiscal Year in which the payment towards arrears was made, Select: Option (2): “The above shown payments include an extra sum, which is the payment of my past dues or which I have paid intentionally.” Enter the amount of “Extra Sum” and then say the Extra Sum was: “The Payment of my past dues.”

Please note that simply paying the arrears—or paying the arrears and sending the receipt to the Wasaya Office—is not sufficient for arrears clearance.

Markaz can issue arrears clearance only after the additional payment is properly declared in the applicable Schedule C as a payment toward prior-year arrears.