FAQs on Permanent Account Number

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1. What is PAN?

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2. What is the utility of PAN?

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3. What are the benefits of obtaining a Permanent Account Number [PAN] and PAN Card?

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4. How PAN is formed and how it gets its unique identity?

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5. Who has to obtain PAN?

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6. What are the specified financial transactions in which quoting of PAN is mandatory?

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7. How does Income Tax Department ensure that PAN is quoted on transactions in which quoting of PAN is mandatory?

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8. Can I file my return of income without quoting PAN?

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9. How to apply for PAN?

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10. Is it mandatory to link Aadhaar number with PAN?

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11. How to link Aadhaar number with PAN using e-Filing portal?

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12. What is fee for default relating to intimation of Aadhaar number?

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13. How to link Aadhaar number with PAN using SMS facility?

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14. How to link Aadhaar number with PAN?

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15. Are there any charges to be paid for obtaining the PAN?

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16. Is there any TATKAL facility for allotment of PAN?

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17. Can an application for PAN be made on plain paper?

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18. What if I submit incomplete PAN application i.e. Form 49A/49AA?

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19. Is it necessary to fill the PAN application form i.e. Form 49A/49AA in block letters?

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20. What documents and information have to be submitted along with the PAN application in Form 49A/49AA?

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21. What documents will serve as proof of identity in case of individual/HUF (Hindu Undivided Family) applicants?

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22. What documents will serve as proof of address in case of individual/HUF applicants?

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23. What documents will serve as proof of date of birth in case of individual applicants?

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24. What documents are to be submitted in case of applicant other than individual/HUF?

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25. What documents will serve as proof of identity in case of individuals not being a citizen of India?

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26. What documents will serve as proof of address in case of individuals not being a citizen of India?

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27. What documents will serve as the relevant proofs in case of applicants being entities incorporated outside India/Unincorporated entities formed outside India?

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28. Is it mandatory to provide the Assessing Officer Code in Form 49A/49AA?

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29. Should married female provide father’s name?

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30. Who can apply on behalf of non-resident, minor, lunatic, idiot, and court of wards?

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31. Who has to sign the PAN application i.e. Form 49A/49AA?

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32. How to sign the PAN application i.e. Form 49A/49AA?

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33. After making the PAN application how can I check the status of my PAN application?

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34. Is it mandatory to file return of income after getting PAN?

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35. Should I intimate my PAN to deductor i.e. person deducting tax?

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36. What is the validity of PAN?

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37. How to Apply for PAN Correction?

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38. What is the penalty for not complying with the provisions relating to PAN?

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39. Can a person hold more than one PAN?

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40. By mistake I have been using different PANs for different purposes like one for my demat account and another for filing my Income-tax return and payment of taxes. How do I set this right?

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41. Whom to contact in case of any matter relating to PAN?

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42. How to get area code for my area for allotment of PAN?

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43. What is E-PAN?

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44. What is PAN verification?

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45. What is Instant-PAN?

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46. How to get instant PAN using this functionality?

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47. What are Consequences for not linking PAN with Aadhaar Number

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