What is PAN Card? Know Your Pan. Permanent Account Number (PAN Card)

What is PAN Card?

Know Your Pan. Permanent Account Number (PAN Card) is a ten digit alphanumeric number Card, issued by Income Tax Department in the form of a plastic laminated card. A typical PAN number is AFRPP1595D.

Sample Permanent Account Number PAN Card

How to find an IT PAN Service Center or UTI Pan Card Application Center?

Location of IT PAN Service Centers and UTI Pan Card Application Center in any city may be obtained from this website link

Where can I get PAN Application form?

Click here to download Form 49A

What services are provided by these IT PAN Service Centers?

IT PAN Service Centers will supply new PAN application forms (Form 49A), assist the application in filling up the form, collect filled form and issue acknowledgement slip. After obtaining PAN from the Income Tax Department, UTITSL will print the PAN card and deliver it to the applicant.

How to apply for a PAN? Can an application for PAN be made a plain paper?

PAN application should be made only on Form 49A. PAN application can be made only on new Form 49A  A PAN application (Form 49A) can be downloaded from the link  and printed by local printers or photocopied (on A4 size 70 GSM paper) or obtained from any other source. The form is also available at IT PAN Service centers and PAN Facilitation centers

What if I submit incomplete Form 49A?

PAN application should be made only on Form 49A. IT PAN Application Centers will assist applicants to correctly fill up Form 49A, but shall not receive any incomplete and deficient PAN application.

Can a person obtain or use more than one PAN?

No, obtaining or possessing more than one PAN is against the law.

Will the existing PAN cards issued by the Department remain valid?

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. If you have lost your PAN card you can apply for reissue through PAN Application Center  and you can check your PAN number here

Where to apply for PAN?

In order to improve PAN related services the Income Tax department has authorized UTI Investor Services Ltd (UTIISL) to set up and manage IT PAN Service Centers in all cities or towns where there is an Income Tax office and National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) to dispense PAN services from TIN Facilitation Centers. For convenience of PAN applicants in big cities UTIISL has set up more than one IT PAN Service Center and likewise there are more than one TIN Facilitation Centers.

How to apply for a PAN? What form is required to apply for a PAN? Can an application for PAN be made on plain paper? 

PAN application should be made only on Form 49A. A PAN application (Form 49A) can be downloaded from the link  and printed by local printers or photocopied (on A4 size 70 GSM paper) or obtained from any other source. The form is also available at IT PAN Service centers and TIN Facilitation centers

I have applied for PAN but have not received any communication from the Income Tax Department? 

In case you applied prior to notification of new form 49A on 29.5.2003 but have not received the PAN, you will have to apply afresh CSF at any IT PAN Service Center.

How will my PAN card be delivered to me? Know About PAN

UTITSL will ensure delivery of your PAN card by mail at the address indicated by you in form 49A.