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PAN Card is known as "Permanent Account Number". PAN Card is a ten-character alphanumeric identifier that is a foundational ID, issued in the form of a laminated "PAN Card", by the Indian Income Tax Department, to any person who applies for it or whom the department allots the number.
- PAN Card number keeps track of a person's financial activities and is requires for all forms of payment.
- A PAN card appears to be a physical plastic card with one PAN number, name, DOB, and a photograph printed on it.
- The Pan number is valid for life time because it is unaffected by changes in address or job profile and can thus be used as proof of identity.
Eligibility:
According to the Income Tax Act, All Indian residents who crossed 18 years of age are eligible.
Note: PAN number is issued only once in a life time.
Types of PAN card:
- Self-employed professionals or businessmen whose annual turnover is Rs. 5 lakh rupess
- Individuals who are liable to pay tax or who pay tax.
- Individuals who are into import and export activities.
- Registered associations, organizations, trusts.
- Indian Citizen for Identity purpose
PAN Card Uses:
- Identify Document.
- Returns of Income.
- Claim on Income Tax Returns.
- Open a Bank Account.
- To Acquire a Loan.
- For Fixed Deposits.
- For Telephone Connections.
- To Buy Jewelry.
- Foreign Exchange.
- Purpose of Investment.
- Purchase of Goods & Services.
Required Documents:
- Aadhar Card Number.
- Aadhar Linked Phone Number.
Note: Phone number should be linked with Aadhar card and number should be active.
Apply Online:
- Click on the below link then you will redirected to new page.
- Enter Aadhar card number and click on check list and click on continue.
- Now enter OTP received on your Aadhar linked phone number and click on validate.
- On successful validation your Aadhar Details will be visible confirm it and click on submit.
- Your Application is submitted successfully.
Download your Pan Card:
- Click on the below so that you will redirected to new page.
- Enter your Aadhar number and click on continue.
- You will receive a OTP to your registered mobile number enter OTP and validate it.
- Now you can download your PAN card.
Structure of PAN Card:
- The first five characters are letters (in uppercase by default), followed by four numerals, and the last (tenth) character is a letter.
- The fourth character identifies the type of holder of the card. Each holder type is uniquely identified by a letter from the list below:
- A - AOP (Association of Persons).
- B - BOI (Body of Individuals).
- C - Company.
- F - Firm
- G - Government.
- H - HUF (Hindu Undivided Family).
- L - Local Authority.
- J - Artificial Juridical Person.
- P - Person (Individual).
- T - Trust (AOP).
3.The fifth character of PAN is the first character of either
- of the first name, surname or last name of the person, in case of "personal" PAN card where the fourth character is "P" or
- of the name of the entity, trust, society, or organization in case of a company/HUF/firm/AOP/trust/BOI/local/authority/artificial judicial person/government, where the fourth character is "C, H, F, A, T, B, L, J, G"
4.The last tenth character is an alphabetic digit used as a check-sum to verify the validity of that current code.
5. Therefore, the regular expression, or 'regex', that corresponds to the pattern of a PAN number is represented as [A-Z]{5}[0-9][A-Z]{1}.
Above is the structure of the ten digit PAN card number, which explains the complete numbering format of the PAN card.
