PAN Card

Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a ten-character alphanumeric identifier, issued in the form of a laminated "PAN card", by the Indian Income Tax Department.

All existing assessees or taxpayers or persons who are required to furnish a return of income, either on behalf of self or others, must obtain PAN. Any person, who intends to enter into economic or financial transactions where quoting PAN is mandatory, must also obtain PAN.

Yes, you can avail pan card within 1 hour if you having mobile number linked with an aadhaar card.

Yes, application for fresh allotment of PAN can be made through Internet. Further, requests for changes or correction in PAN data or request for reprint of PAN card (for an existing PAN) may also be made through Internet.

Obtaining or possessing more than one PAN is against the law, for which penalty of Rs.10,000 may be imposed.

Quoting PAN is mandatory for cash transactions exceeding Rs 50,000 in hotels, purchase of jewellery above Rs 2 lakhs, purchase of immovable property over Rs 10 lakh, opening bank accounts, and more.

e-PAN is a digitally signed PAN card issued in electronic format. It is a valid proof of allotment of PAN and is widely accepted.

Yes, you can apply without visiting India or having an address here. Foreign citizens and NRIs can apply for a PAN card and it will be delivered to their international address.

PAN will not change when you move from one place to another.

Yes, father’s name is required to be filled in the PAN application. Female applicants, irrespective of marital status, should write only father’s name in the PAN application (unless applying with single mother details).

The PAN card processing authorities will ensure delivery of the new physical PAN card to the communication address indicated by you in the application form via courier or speed post.

Yes, Section 160 of IT Act, 1961 provides that they can apply for PAN but must be represented through a Representative Assessee. The signature will be of the Representative Assessee (preferably parent/guardian) and ID/Address proofs of both applicant and representative are required.

Yes, it is compulsory to quote PAN on return of income. A penalty of Rs.10,000 is leviable in case of any default.

Yes, we accept online payments in INR via Netbanking, UPI, Credit, and Debit cards.

All PAN allotted and PAN card issued by the Department will remain valid. All persons who have been allotted a PAN need not apply again.

It is a plastic card just like any other Credit/Debit Card which reflects details such as Applicant’s Name, Date of Birth/Date of Incorporation, Signature, Photograph, Father’s Name in case of Individuals and has a Government hologram on it.

Our Advisors try to better understand your case, and want that you should send your application form with correct and complete documents only once, so that you don’t have to take the pain of sending them again. In order to make sure we provide proper document support, hassle free service and to notify the status of your application we require your contact details.

We have a strict document protection & privacy policy for our clients. We do not share your information with any third party apart from the concerned PAN Issuing Authorities. You can know more about our privacy policy Click Here.

You can apply for surrender PAN clicking on given above link.

Yes. If an applicant is having only mother as a single parent and wishes to apply for PAN by furnishing the name of mother only, then applicant has to mandatorily tick the relevant box in the application form and mention only mother’s name in the Mother’s Name field. Also, applicant should tick the box for printing mother’s name on the PAN card. Thus, in such a case, father’s name should not be filled in the application form.

Permanent Account Number is valid from the time of allotment and there is no expiry for a Permanent account number.

It takes about 1 hour to get a new PAN allotted. It is advisable to initiate action for obtaining PAN well in time.

It is statutory responsibility of a person receiving document relating to economic or financial transactions notified by the CBDT to ensure that PAN has been duly quoted in the document.