FAQs on TAN

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1. What is TAN?

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2. Who must apply for TAN?

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3. Why is it necessary to have TAN?

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4. How to apply for TAN?

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5. Who will allot TAN?

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6. Can an online application be made for allotment of TAN?

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7. Can an application for TAN be made on a plain paper?

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8. Can form 49B be filled on a typewriter?

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9. What are the documents that need to accompany the TAN application?

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10. What if incomplete form 49B is submitted?

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11. What is the fee for filing application for TAN?

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12. How will the new TAN be intimated to the deductor?

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13. How can a deductor know his TAN if he has an old TAN, or if he has earlier applied for TAN but hasn't got TAN?

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14. After making the application for allotment of TAN in Form 49B, how to know the status of the application?

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15. Is it necessary to apply for different TAN if a deductor has to deduct tax from different types of payments like salary, interest, dividend, commission, etc.?

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16. Is a separate TAN required to be obtained for the purpose of tax collection at source?

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17. Should Government deductors apply for TAN?

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18. In case of multiple DDOs, should all of them apply for TAN?

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19. Can branches of companies/banks have separate TANs?

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20. Can an e-TDS return be filed without TAN or in case TAN has not been allotted?

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21. What is duplicate TAN?

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22. In case duplicate TAN has been allotted, which TAN should be used?

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23. What do we have to do if we have been allotted a duplicate TAN by oversight?

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24. Can we quote Permanent Account Number (PAN) in place of TAN?

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25. How can any change in address or details on the basis of which TAN was allotted be rectified?

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