What is PAN |
Who should apply |
Why PAN is needed |
Correction in PAN |
Lost PAN card |
Documents required |
Documents for Corporates |
Documents for Corporates
Firm, BOI, AOP, AOP (Trust), Local Authority, Company, Limited Liability Partnership, Artificial Juridical Person
Company
Copy of certificate of registration issued by Registrar of Companies.
Partnership Firm
Copy of certificate of registration issued by Registrar of firms or Copy of Partnership Deed.
Limited Liability Partnership
Copy of Certificate of Registration issued by the Registrar of LLPs
Association of Persons (Trust)
Copy of trust deed or copy of certificate of registration number issued by Charity Commissioner.
Association of Person, Body of Individuals, Local Authority, or Artificial Juridical Person
Copy of Agreement or copy of certificate of registration number issued by charity commissioner or registrar of cooperative society or any other competent authority or any other document originating from any Central or State Government Department establishing identity and address of such person.
What is PAN
PAN stands for Permanent Account Number (PAN).
It is a ten-digit alphanumeric number, issued by the Income Tax Department of India. The PAN is issued to an individual or entity and it is valid across India. PAN once allotted is unaffected by a change of name, address within or across states in India or other factors.
Example of a PAN : ABCPD1432K
1st three characters are randomly assigned among AAA to ZZZ 4th character may be one of the following "P" stands for Individual. "F" stands for Firm. "C" stands for Company. "H" stands for HUF. "A" stands for AOP. "T" stands for TRUST etc 5th character is the 1st letter of PAN holder's surname